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At night, the bloody battle that had lasted all day ended.

Apart from placing a small number of soldiers near the jagged front line, both sides tacitly transferred the remaining soldiers back to the garrisons further behind.

Since ending the confrontation with the "giant bear", Geng Xuan has been focusing on his own cultivation. He took time to listen to the reports of Jiang Hongyi and Hong Quan.

"Today's battle was much more brutal and cruel than the previous two days."

Jiang Hongyi first set the tone for today's battle.

Both the enemy and us have reasons for this situation.

The enemy is more willing to invest because they have more troops.

Our side, having no place to retreat, was more resolute in the battle for the front line.

These two reasons resulted in the casualties on both sides exceeding the total of the previous two days.

"In today's battle, we directly killed 524 enemies on the spot, which is more than the total of the previous two days.

There are at least a hundred more seriously injured people. According to what we have learned, these seriously injured people cannot receive good treatment.

No more than half of them will survive this night."

Geng Xuan nodded slightly. After taking inventory of the residual energy captured by the "Flint Bead", he found that the amount of enemy residual energy captured and refined today had exceeded six hundred groups.

Now, from time to time, new red mists were rushing towards him from the direction of the enemy camp.

It can be said that after today's battle, yesterday's batch of more than 500 reinforcements were directly wasted, and a lot of extra money was lost.

From the other party's bold and magnanimous behavior, Geng Xuan vaguely grasped the other party's mentality.

If you have reinforcements (cannon fodder) sent for free, it would be a waste not to use them.

But the other party gradually lost interest in calculating carefully and maneuvering slowly.

Just smash it hard. If it creates a "crack" in your own side and brings about new changes, that would be the best.

If not—

"That 'giant bear' may have already thought of leading the Xuanyou cavalry to retreat when he saw the situation was not good." Geng Xuan speculated in his heart.

Jiang Hongyi continued:

“In today’s battle, our casualties exceeded 500.

Unlike the enemy, although we are in a relatively passive situation in overall dispatch and command, we are often torn back and forth by the enemy's mobilization, and many losses are caused by this.

However, the coordination and cooperation within each team far exceeds that of the opponent.

Not only did they kill far more enemies on the scene than the other side, but as long as they were not killed by the enemy in one blow, all the seriously injured soldiers could basically be rescued in time by other team members and sent back to the rear.

Therefore, although the number of casualties was not much different from that of the enemy, the number of deaths was far lower than that of the enemy.

Today's casualties are 113, with 429 seriously wounded, for a total of 542 casualties."

Speaking of this, Jiang Hongyi's face looked very unhappy.

Judging from the casualties on both sides, our side seems to have the upper hand.

But as the head of Linzhan Hall, Jiang Hongyi knew very well how ugly such a battle result would be.

First of all, the enemy is the one that takes the initiative to attack, while our side is the one that defends based on the terrain.

Judging from the casualties alone, the situation is naturally in our favor.

Secondly, each team personally organized by the gang leader "Su Ruiliang" has demonstrated admirable small team cooperation and execution capabilities.

The opposing team, however, presented a completely different appearance.

After several days of "communication", they also had a basic understanding of the enemy's team composition.

Initially, the core combat force was composed of the heavy sword soldiers of the Xu family in Yuanjing and the trusted soldiers of Wu Yi in Anleji. They formed the skeleton of each team and used harsh supervision to force those soldiers with different mindsets to perform various tasks.

This was actually very dangerous. If it weren't for the "Giant Bear" and other marrow-refining masters, as well as more than 400 Xuanyou Iron Cavalry supporting the rear, they would have been counterattacked long ago.

Even so, the teams initially still had problems with being too bulky and slow to respond to commands.

During the two days of fierce fighting, the enemy suffered heavy losses, but also took the opportunity to absorb a large number of "Er Gouzi".

Let them stick closely to the heavy sword warriors and Wu Yi's confidants, and expand their base.

This greatly increases their control over each team.

But even so, this team that relies on high-pressure deterrence to maintain its position is far from being comparable to its own teams in terms of specific tactical execution.

However, despite this advantage, our side still managed to achieve a result with similar casualties on both sides.

In Jiang Hongyi's view, this was a failure that "Linzhantang" could not shirk.

The reason is very simple, that is, the "Linzhantang" headed by him and Hong Quan is immature and awkward in overall command.

Facing the enemy's attack, we cannot say that their response is bad. If we examine each step carefully, it seems that there is an order in it.

However, if you expand your vision to the overall situation, you will often be led by the other party and fall into a trap without realizing it.

Our own front line often suffers from uncontrolled tearing after repeated responses, actively exposing its weak points.

Large-scale losses in our own combat power mostly occur at this time.

The frequency of this kind of attack and response is very high, which further magnifies the weakness of our own command.

Jiang Hongyi and Hong Quan were both very frustrated about this.

They feel like children being played around by a group of adults.

In addition to frustration, there is also shame and anger.

Geng Xuan thought this was reasonable.

He said to the two of them: "For you and the entire Linzhan Hall, this is an experience and a very rare learning opportunity.

This opportunity was earned for you at the cost of more than a hundred deaths and hundreds of serious injuries.

This is just today; tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the price will be even higher!"

The two were stunned for a moment, gritted their teeth, and nodded heavily.

Seeing this, Geng Xuan wondered if he was putting too much pressure on them.

Changing the subject, he said comfortingly:
"This result is not entirely due to your command ability.

The Xuanqinghai sand sculpture that always hovers above Qingyuanji is also a very important reason.

The enemy can often anticipate our deployment before us, but we often have to wait until the enemy's troops are in place before we can react to their deployment.

This puts us in a passive situation all the time.

It’s not all about command.”

After hearing this, both of them softened a little.

Jiang Hongyi asked, "Boss, don't you have a plan to lure that bird down? When are you going to do it?"

Geng Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe tomorrow... But I'm not too sure if this will work, so let's give it a try."

Seeing that the two men stopped talking, Geng Xuan thought that today's battle report was over and prepared to get up and leave.

Hong Quan suddenly said:

"Boss, there is one more thing."

"Oh? You said."

"Including the 429 people who have just recovered from serious injuries today, the number of combat forces that have been idle due to this situation has reached 1,150."

——Today, there are 429 seriously injured patients. Since there is no need for performances, Geng Xuan has immediately presided over a blessing ceremony for them.

Now, like the two previous groups of people who had just recovered from serious injuries, their originally fatal wounds had begun to heal.

“I’ve learned about their conditions. Except for a very small number of people with disabled limbs, the rest of them have almost recovered their combat capabilities even though their wounds have not yet fully healed.

They also have a strong desire to rejoin the war, but…"

Having said this, Hong Quan paused, as if thinking about how to word the next words in a more peaceful and pleasant way.

Geng Xuan spoke for him and said with a smile:

"But they want me to redeem their previous contributions first, right?"

This looked like a threat, but Hong Quan still said, "Yes."

As he spoke, he hurriedly said:
"If the enemy's forces remain at today's size tomorrow, the forces we have available now will barely be enough.

But if the number of enemy reinforcements exceeds one thousand, the available troops at our disposal will be stretched to the limit.

If the intensity of the battle remains the same as it is today, the number of seriously injured will be even greater.

This will further reduce the available forces at our disposal.

Leaving these people idle seems a bit... a waste."

Geng Xuan thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay...you two can arrange for them to go to the community forum now."

His original intention was to let these people recuperate for a while, but these people obviously did not think so.

In that case, let's just do as they wish.

He had no intention of denying these people's contributions.

Seeing that the gang leader agreed to this matter so easily, Hong Quan was overjoyed and said hurriedly:
"I'll arrange it right away... Do you want to arrange for others to go too?"

Geng Xuan shook his head and said, "No need."

Now, he no longer has the need to "make a nest", so naturally there is no need to make a big fuss and mobilize a large number of people.

After listening to the two people's reports, when Geng Xuan was about to leave, Cheng Hui took the opportunity to report another matter to him.

"There are only fifteen available homing pigeons left, which is half of the original number.

At this rate of loss, in five days at most, we will not be able to keep smooth information flow to Kangleji, Wufang Camp, and Liuyunfang."

Geng Xuan nodded and said, "Don't worry, this problem can be solved soon."

……

Just as Geng Xuan took two elderly artists on stage without an audience to give contribution rewards to 1,150 people who had just recovered from serious injuries.

"Giant Bear" was listening to Wu Yi's serious report in the tent.

"...From what I've learned, the reason the enemy's morale didn't collapse as quickly as we initially anticipated is directly related to the deceptive tactics used by 'Su Ruiliang'!"

"Giant Bear" also looked very solemn as he listened to Wu Yi's report.

Something that is known by millions or tens of thousands of people cannot be a secret.

Now, they all knew about the "Community Altar" and the "Baidi Dingshui Stone".

Unlike those who have experienced it personally, they did not need to think too much before they concluded that this was a trick of "Su Ruiliang" to pretend to be a ghost and deceive people.

This method is not at all uncommon for the "Giant Bear".

Not to mention a "community altar" that was set up casually to fool people, he had even seen two real "Jiuzhou Community Altars".

In order to demonstrate the orthodoxy and legitimacy of his rule over the two states of Xuan and You, Dong Guan held grand and solemn ceremonies on these two altars every year.

As a senior member of the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, he has been personally involved in it for more than ten years.

In the eyes of the middle and lower classes who only admired and watched from afar, such a scene did seem extremely grand, solemn, and majestic.

It also had a very good effect on Dong Guan's stabilization of the people's hearts in Xuanyou and You states.

But the "giant bear" who participated in the whole process knew very well what was going on.

Even part of the effect was created by him and his group of Xuanyou Iron Cavalry.

Although, he knew very well that all of this was man-made and would not really bring any blessings or gifts to the parties involved.

But the amazing thing is that this does have a positive effect on the spirit of many people.

Therefore, although he thought he had seen through "Su Ruiliang's" tricks of pretending to be mysterious and deceiving people, he did not look down on him.

The opponent's morale, which he had initially expected to collapse quickly, has remained at an abnormally high level until now, and even the "Giant Bear" had to admire it in his heart.

He not only has strong personal strength, but also has such means to bewitch people.

The "Giant Bear" seemed to have seen that Yuanzhou, which had been silent for nearly two hundred years, was about to produce a figure who could stir up the situation in the nine provinces.

Yes, although he never said it out loud, "Giant Bear" had already admitted in his heart that the most important purpose of this trip was to kill "Su Ruiliang".

In any case, this is impossible to accomplish!
All he had to do now was to make the task, which was doomed to fail, look as beautiful as possible and make him appear less embarrassed.

At this moment, Zha Luo rushed into the tent in a hurry.

"Master, Wuyou Palace has sent someone to die again."

Upon hearing this, Giant Bear was delighted at first, then frowned and scolded:
"What kind of bullshit are you talking about? If you can't speak, then shut up!"

Zha Luo shut his mouth obediently, looking aggrieved.

……

There were no audiences arranged under the "social forum".

The surrounding open space was also empty, with no one there.

But Geng Xuan was very clear that in the distance, there were pairs of extremely bright eyes secretly peeking at him.

This was originally the headquarters of the Giant Bear Gang, but now it has become a resettlement area for the residents of Qingyuanji.

Unless necessary, they would avoid practitioners holding knives or swords and try not to meet them face to face.

Similarly, Geng Xuan also asked Feng Yu to try not to directly interfere in their lives.

Whenever they were needed, they would go through Qi Mingcheng, the chief curator of Qingyuanji, who would organize and coordinate and make specific arrangements.

One thousand one hundred and fifty people who had just recovered from serious injuries were divided into five groups and went up to the platform, with 230 people in each group.

Because there are so many people, they have to be arranged very tightly to ensure that Jiang Yizi has enough space to dance.

Among the more than 1,000 people who have just recovered from serious injuries, about 10% have broken hands or feet, which have a significant impact on their combat effectiveness.

After screening, eighty-seven people were rated as fifth-level contributors and gained thirty-two points of good luck, and one hundred and fifty people were rated as fourth-level contributors and gained sixteen points of good luck.

In order to fulfill the contributions of 10662 people, a total of points of luck were consumed.

In addition, the treatment of 1340 seriously injured patients previously consumed points of luck.

This ceremony consumed another 12006 points of luck.

However, compared with the total of 19254 points of good luck gained today, the good luck deposited in the "Flint Pearl" has increased instead of decreased.

……

【Lucky: 93660
Black Luck: 8485】

……

After the ceremony, Geng Xuan took the time to organize these people into different teams.

——Except for the 429 people who were seriously injured today, the more than 700 people who had just recovered from serious injuries have not yet been grouped.

After doing all this, Geng Xuan did not rest immediately, but continued to devote his time to the practice of marrow refining.

Around midnight, Geng Xuan stopped practicing.

After carefully examining his current situation, he began to think about what to do next.

Now, let’s take a look at his achievements in body tempering.

[Skin Refining 98%, Flesh Refining 99%, Blood Refining 95%, Bone Refining 95%, Marrow Refining 95%]

Geng Xuan knew very well that although "refining marrow" was at the same level as refining blood and refining bones, it was not affected by the characteristics of "Wanjun Jin" but was hindered by refining blood and refining bones.

Even though he has made greater achievements in the two body tempering techniques of blood refining and bone refining, his marrow refining will still remain at the "95%" level.

Because this is the limit that the "Wanjun Jin" marrow-refining technique can reach.

Blood refining and bone refining both stopped at the "95%" level, also because this was the limit that "Cai Nu Xuan Shui Gong" and "Bone Shrinking Method" could help him reach.

As for what to do next, the simplest way is to follow his successful experience in "refining the skin" and "refining the flesh".

Let "blood refining", "bone refining" and "marrow refining" reach a new level of body tempering on the existing basis.

Continuing to move forward based on past successful experiences will save you both time and effort.

But Geng Xuan only took a quick look at this easiest path and then "turned his head" to look elsewhere.

With the "Meng's Iron Head Skill", "Iron Back Leaning", "Iron Pad Skill" and his own "Iron Crotch Skill" all reaching the limits of their respective intentions.

The information that reminded him to comprehend the "Unparalleled Iron Wall" and that he could enter at any time was always there and never disappeared.

Geng Xuan did not choose to enter directly.

He wants to go his own way.

Having come this far, he has a clear feeling in his heart that this road is far from over and there is still huge potential to be tapped.

Initially, Geng Xuan chose to practice these techniques in order to make up for his shortcomings in "skin refining".

In the end, he not only made up for the shortcomings in skin refining, but also gained obvious benefits in "flesh refining".

It also takes into account both skin refining and flesh refining.

So, is there a way to refine the blood, bones and marrow at the same time?

Or be more daring and include skin refining and flesh refining as well, no longer dividing body tempering into five distinct parts, but merging them into one?

In this world, there are techniques that can simultaneously cultivate multiple body-tempering methods.

These are all treasures kept secret by the top forces.

However, Geng Xuan did not have a strong desire to find some references to verify his ideas.

Through reading a large number of miscellaneous books and notes, Geng Xuan was not completely unfamiliar with this type of martial arts.

With his current attainments, if he is willing to spend more time, he can even directly comprehend the true meaning and essence of this kind of skills, and then use the help of the "Flint Pearl" to get started directly.

But he didn't do that.

Although these techniques involve multiple paths of cultivation, they still follow the basic logic of the existing Five Realms Body Tempering framework.

This was not what he really wanted. Geng Xuan's thinking was not restricted by the existing cultivation ideas.

After understanding how "cultivating the Tao" has grown to what it is today under the cultivation and care of the "scholar" group.

Geng Xuan understood even more clearly that the existing framework based on the Five Realms Body Tempering was not an inevitable choice.

Rather, it was a choice made at that time in order to embed as many incompatible skills and secret techniques as possible into a unified system.

Refining the skin, refining the flesh, refining the blood, refining the bones, refining the marrow.

These five interrelated yet distinct realms of body tempering are like five interfaces of different models, which can smoothly connect the "contents" of different standards and interfaces into this system.

At the time, this was an extremely smart choice.

This allows the accumulation of thousands of years to be smoothly introduced into this cultivation system, becoming the nutrients that enable it to grow rapidly.

This is the key to their ability to catch up with and surpass witches and shamans in just hundreds of years.

But as the cultivation has developed to this point, Geng Xuan couldn't help but wonder, "Is this still necessary today?"

Times have changed, but things are not easy.

Nothing lasts forever, nothing cannot be changed.

There is no such thing as the saying that once something is established, it can never be shaken.

If we stubbornly insist on this point, Geng Xuan believes that the vitality of this path will basically reach its peak.

Compared with the decades when Emperor Yuan and Overlord were alive, the cultivation of the Dao made great progress.

With the widespread popularization during the Yuan Emperor period, practitioners at the bone and marrow refining levels began to emerge like mushrooms after a rain.

The Overlord even used himself as a sacrifice to open a portal to a higher realm of cultivation.

More than five hundred years after the Overlord, although the cultivation of the Dao had also developed, later generations continued to enter the Xiantian realm through the portal he had blasted out.

The threshold for the fifth level of body tempering has been further lowered, and there are more practitioners at the bone and marrow refining levels.

But Geng Xuan had a feeling that this was actually quite similar to the peak period of witches and shamans occurring hundreds of years after "Ji Gong established rituals."

It’s just because of the inertia accumulated in the past that we are moving forward.

The period when the "Five Realms Body Tempering" was truly most vital was when Emperor Yuan and Overlord were alive.

The Overlord can even be seen as a manifestation of the strongest "vitality" of this Dao.

The development over the past five hundred years or so seemed to be getting higher and higher, getting better and better, but it was just moving forward by inertia.

Geng Xuan not only had this idea in his mind, he also had some more specific ideas.

After a long time.

I feel the deep fatigue rising from the bottom of my heart due to the excessive consumption of brain power.

Geng Xuan shook his head and thought, "This is not something that can be accomplished overnight, so I'd better not put too much pressure on myself."

Thinking this in his mind, Geng Xuan suppressed his thoughts and lay down on the bed.

……

The 12th, early morning.

The sun had just risen, and Qingyuanji was shrouded in thick fog that flowed down from the remnants of Chiwu Mountain.

Twenty or thirty steps away, it is difficult to discern other people's tracks.

In such an environment, the battle of a new day has begun.

This time, it was the first time that Jiang Hongyi, Hong Quan and others took the initiative to attack the enemy soldiers on the opposite side.

The current environment is inconvenient for both sides, but it is more beneficial to our side.

The thick fog not only obscured Xuan Qinghai's vision, but also allowed his team to better utilize their advantage in small-scale group battles.

Jiang Hongyi, Hong Quan and others seized this window of opportunity and achieved good results.

When the thick fog dissipated, Geng Xuan had used up ninety-six points of luck and raised his pigeon training skills from grandmaster to perfection.

With him as the center, layers of "ripples" spread out in all directions like ripples.

Under this wonderful "ripple", Geng Xuan captured a "ripple source" circling back and forth in an area at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters.

This was naturally the Xuan Qinghai sand sculpture that had caused great trouble to his side. All the arrangements made by Jiang Hongyi and others could not be hidden from its eyes.

The most obvious difference between this "ripple source" emitted by the carrier pigeon and the "ripple source" emitted by Xuan Qinghai's sand sculpture is that this "ripple source" spread out by the sand sculpture of Xuan Qinghai did not respond to the "ripple seduction" he released.

The two sides are not on the same channel at all.

The "ripples" continued to spread, spreading to the surrounding wilderness and to the remnants of Chiwu Mountain.

Whenever this spreading "ripple" encounters other "ripple sources", it will provide feedback to him like a radar.

These too many "ripple sources" caused Geng Xuan considerable trouble.

He simply blocked out all the "ripple sources" that could not respond to his "call".

The world suddenly became clear.

Apart from the "ripple source" emitted by a few carrier pigeons not far away, the field of vision of "ripple perception" is empty.

It was not until the ripple-like "ripples" spread to the depths of the Chiwu Mountain that new "ripple sources" finally appeared one after another.

These "ripple sources" are different from those "ripple sources" that do not respond at all and are completely not on the same channel as "pigeon training".

They did not remain indifferent to his "call" transmitted through "ripples".

But compared with those homing pigeons that have been completely domesticated by humans, their reactions seem to be more dull and slow.

He continued to "call" through the "ripples" for a long time, and these "ripple sources" began to stop their existing activity trajectories and continued to approach in the direction where he was.

When these "ripple sources" approached a certain range, Geng Xuan opened his eyes and saw birds flying in groups or in twos and threes from the direction of the remnants of Chiwu Mountain.

Finally, they gathered around him in groups according to their species.

At first glance, these birds all have some characteristics of domesticated pigeons.

There are pigeons that are shaped like sparrows, small and exquisite, and extremely fast.

There are rock pigeons that are larger than homing pigeons and look more ferocious.

There are also some wild pigeons that look like turtledoves.

They come in various sizes and colors, and at a glance, there are no less than ten species of these wild pigeons.

There were nearly a thousand wild pigeons of different species circling densely around Geng Xuan.

If the level of pigeon training is too low, it will not be possible to achieve indiscriminate coverage.

But for Geng Xuan, who had mastered the art of pigeon training to perfection, this was not difficult at all.

In a very short time, he completed the "contract connection" with all the wild pigeons.

To Cheng Hui's astonishment, he handed all the wild pigeons into his hands.

"Nine hundred and thirty-eight in total, enough to last you a long time."

Cheng Hui stuttered, "Boss, will these wild pigeons obey orders?"

"You'll know if you try it."

After some attempts, Cheng Hui, who originally didn't know how to take over, immediately changed his expression. He looked at the more than 900 wild pigeons of different species as if they were treasures, and placed them properly as quickly as possible.

I have even started to design different flight routes in my mind based on the speed, size, and ferocity of different wild pigeons.

"Boss, with so many carrier pigeons, we can further expand the coverage of information, and no longer be limited to the four points of Kangleji, Wufang Camp, Liuyunfang and Qingyuanji.

In the first step, we can completely cover the surrounding markets.

Then, there are the seventy-two markets in Yueluyuan..."

Cheng Hui immediately expressed his thoughts excitedly.

Geng Xuan waved his hand and said:

"It's up to you... It's going to require quite a few gang members, right?

We have limited manpower now, so please go and discuss with Feng Yu how to arrange and coordinate and what specific steps to take."

After sending Cheng Hui away, Geng Xuan looked up at the sky.

At this moment, the fog covering Qingyuanji had dissipated, and the Xuanqinghai sand sculpture hovering more than 2,000 meters in the sky once again began its work that made Jiang Hongyi and others feel extremely disgusted.

Geng Xuan found Meng Bufan in a spacious courtyard.

At this moment, he and two of his gang members were setting up a big pot in the yard.

In the open space next to it, there is a huge cage.

There were many big roosters with extremely beautiful feathers in the cage, including two black and blue sea sand sculptures.

They were now with the other chickens, barking in panic.

The wings flapped desperately.

Geng Xuan checked the arrow wounds on their wings and found initial signs of healing.

"Are you all ready?" Geng Xuan asked.

"We can start anytime." Meng Bufan said.

Geng Xuan went to the next yard and found Master Chai who was hiding in a house.

In his hand was the longbow that was as red as jade.

Several light arrows made entirely of wood were placed at his feet.

"I'll leave this to you. I'll try my best to give you the best opportunity." Geng Xuan instructed.

Master Chai said, "I will try my best to grasp it."

As he spoke, a look of shame appeared on his face, and he said:

"However, I dare not promise you anything, and I can't say for sure whether it will succeed."

Seeing him like this, Geng Xuan smiled and comforted him:
“Don’t feel any pressure, just do your best.”

Mr. Chai nodded heavily, but said nothing more.

Geng Xuan once again came to the front line where soldiers from both sides were fighting fiercely.

Not long after he appeared, the "Giant Bear" appeared not far away on the opposite side, and other marrow refining combat forces also appeared around him.

This time, Geng Xuan did not confront him from a distance, but laughed loudly and pounced directly at him.

Seeing this, the "giant bear" was startled at first and instinctively wanted to retreat.

But he immediately suppressed this thought, roared, and took the initiative to rush towards Geng Xuan with a huge hammer in his hand.

Geng Xuan guessed that there were several people, including Zha Luo and the old man from the Xu family, who had reached the late stage of marrow refining. They were scattered on the periphery, looking like they were ready to join the siege at any time.

The other marrow refining warriors were all wary and nervous about this sudden change.

Geng Xuan wasn't sure who was controlling the last Xuanqinghai sand sculpture.

But based on the experience during the "Night Fishing Operation", Geng Xuan guessed that it was most likely an enemy cavalry core with at least the middle stage of marrow refining cultivation.

It is even possible that it is the "giant bear" himself.

Even if it wasn't originally him, after the other two Xuanqinghai sand sculptures had been killed one after another, he might have taken over this last one personally.

No matter who it is, what he has to do is to make the other party temporarily distracted from paying attention to the movements of the Sky Xuan Qinghai Sand Sculpture, and take hard control actions when necessary.

Under such circumstances, the uncontrollable Xuan Qinghai Sand Sculpture is more likely to make some irrational choices.

Just like that night when he confronted the "giant bear" for the first time and everyone else's attention was attracted by this matter.

Then a black Qinghai sand sculpture fell to the ground to check on its companions, and ended up with a miserable end.

……

Facing the roaring "giant bear", he stepped forward and swung his hammer to fight back.

Geng Xuan did not confront him head-on, but when he was about to be hit by the giant hammer, he nimbly dodged and slid to the side of the "giant bear".

He kicked out with his leg, like a giant axe, chopping towards his waist and ribs.

The "giant bear", who seemed to be old at using hammer power, was not frightened by the sudden change. He pressed down the hammer handle in his hand, as if forming an iron curtain in front of his waist and ribs, waiting to collide with Geng Xuan's leg.

Geng Xuan naturally did not choose to confront him head-on, but his body was as light as a civet cat. Driven by the force of his leg, he floated up directly, avoiding the iron curtain formed by the hammer handle, and headed towards the head of the "giant bear".

Faced with this change again, the giant hammer in the "Giant Bear"'s hand suddenly sank, and the handle of the hammer suddenly rose high, and pointed towards Geng Xuan's ankle.

The seemingly heavy hammer is extremely flexible in the hands of the "Giant Bear". With ease, it can evolve into various ingenious yet fierce attacks.

Geng Xuan's attacks were equally varied.

He kept moving around the "giant bear" and never left the attack range of the giant hammer in the "giant bear's" hand.

But the giant hammer of the "Giant Bear" never hit him, and he also never had a head-on collision with the "Giant Bear".

Every time the two sides' moves were about to collide, the old man would make an unexpected change of tactics. Facing such a continuous attack, the "Giant Bear" was able to make just the right response.

In a flash, the two people entangled with each other had exchanged countless moves back and forth.

The crowd around, near and far, were all paying attention to the marrow refining combat power here, and their attention was all attracted by the extremely fast and dazzling exchange of hands between the two sides.

Different from the head-on, life-and-death fights, this is another kind of addictive experience that also makes people feel extremely refreshed and enjoyable.

This is true for both participants and other bystanders.

At this moment, a loud roar suddenly broke the harmonious atmosphere.

"Owner!"

The person who yelled was Zha Luo.

The "giant bear", who was completely immersed in the battle and even had some feelings of "mutual sympathy" in his heart, was suddenly awakened by Zha Luo's roar, as if a basin of ice water was poured on his head.

He suddenly took a big step back and caught a glimpse of the sky in Zha Luo's hand. He immediately looked in the direction of his finger.

In an instant, the "giant bear"'s eyes were bloodshot.

The Xuanqinghai sand sculpture, which was originally hovering at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, folded its wings and fell rapidly to the ground like a meteorite.

When he looked over, the distance between it and the ground was less than a hundred meters.

Seeing this, the "Giant Bear" didn't care that "Su Ruiliang" was watching him hungrily not far away, and quickly stretched out his fingers to his mouth. A sharp and short sound quickly came out from between his lips and fingers.

The strange sound that came out of his mouth was like an arrow at the speed of sound, shooting towards the Xuan Qinghai sand sculpture.

The moment the "arrow" arrived, the Xuanqinghai sand sculpture that was falling like a meteorite immediately underwent abnormal changes.

Its retracted wings quickly spread out, and its rapid descent quickly slowed down.

But this still brought the distance between it and the ground closer by another twenty or thirty meters.

Just when the Xuanqinghai sand sculpture was still sixty or seventy meters away from the ground, its powerful, fully stretched wings once again borrowed enough wind power, and its body descended to the lowest point, preparing to return to an altitude of more than two thousand meters.

A faint shadow came up from below.

At the moment when Xuan Qinghai Sand Sculpture's wings were spread to the maximum, this line of shadow happened to intersect with its left wing.

The next moment, the shadow, carrying a few scattered feathers, emerged from the upper part of the big bird's outstretched wings.

Xuan Qinghai Sand Sculpture, who was about to return to the sky, let out a helpless cry.

Its body first circled, then rolled uncontrollably and fell downwards.

Soon, the Xuanqinghai sand sculpture disappeared into the undulating outline of the house and disappeared from the sight of the "giant bear".

The "Giant Bear" suddenly turned around, looked at the "Su Ruiliang" who was smiling indifferently in the distance, and roared: "Despicable and shameless!"

As he said that, he raised the huge hammer and attacked "Su Ruiliang" again.

Unfortunately, this time, "Su Ruiliang" did not accept the challenge.

Facing his furious attack, "Su Ruiliang" retreated away, saying:

"That's only fair, isn't it?"

fair?

Fair to your grandma!
I really thought this was a boxing match!

The angry "Giant Bear" looked at "Su Ruiliang" who was fleeing into the distance, hesitated for a moment, and finally did not chase him.

……

Geng Xuan returned to the courtyard where Meng Bufan and others were.

The first thing I saw was a boiling pot, with the corpses of several roosters rolling around. They were very beautiful in life, but now looked horrible.

After hitting the bottom, the flames were still burning.

But everyone's attention is not here.

Instead, the focus was on the big bird in Chai Ye's hand, with a broken wing, kicking and grabbing with its legs, and screaming continuously.

Master Chai handed the big bird in his hand to Meng Bufan and asked him to treat the wound of Xuan Qinghai Sand Sculpture.

Ever since entering the yard, the bird has been staring at the cage.

In the cage, the other two black sea sand sculptures were also struggling desperately.

The wound on the wings, which had barely healed, had broken open again, and blood was spilling down the wings, making it look extremely miserable.

Having successfully completed the mission, Master Chai was clearly in a good mood. He bowed to Geng Xuan and said, "Thank you for fulfilling your mission."

Geng Xuan smiled and patted Grandpa Chai on the shoulder. He did not say any words of thanks, but only asked Meng Bufan to handle it properly so that the "family of three" could be reunited as soon as possible.

Just then, Cheng Hui came hurriedly.

Geng Xuan looked at him curiously, and Cheng Hui quickly said:

"Boss, Liu Yueji sent a message through our base in Liuyunfang, asking us to be careful.

The enemy will likely receive a significant reinforcement force of Rangers in the coming days, likely numbering nearly three thousand! (End of this chapter)