You call this the way of the sword?

The information from Liu Changge was timely, and Yang Qingfeng made a decision after glancing at it.

"You guys go back first and wait for me at the Nishihara base."

"Qiao Lie, you come to Huicheng first."

The demons and ghosts began their forced crossing, and their targets were most likely them.

At this point, Yang Qingfeng told them to leave. Lin Tong and the others were puzzled, but they didn't press the matter further. In short, they returned to the stronghold to await orders.

After they all left, Yang Qingfeng walked alone to the teleportation array and began studying the list of demon race members.

The information provided by Liu Changge was quite detailed.

According to the list, at least seventy-six demons survived this time.

The majority of them are mid-level demons, that is, those between level 30 and 60, and there are seventy of them.

The remaining six are all high-level demons of level 60 or above, with only one at level 70, which is clearly a demon king-level being.

With the help of this list, Yang Qingfeng roughly grasped the basic level of each stage.

At level 3, the Dao Body undergoes its first sublimation, with main attributes ranging from 3 to 7.

Level 4: 8 to 12.

At level 5, the attribute can reach around 15. At level 6, after the second sublimation of the Dao Body, the attribute will be greatly improved again. One of the level 69 characters on the list has a main attribute of up to 30.

This includes equipment bonuses and the innate growth advantages of the demon race.

When someone of the same level is converted to a human cultivator, their attributes should be reduced.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the list also includes the corresponding estimated cultivation level.

The information about one's cultivation level is not outwardly apparent, nor can it be detected or predicted using insight techniques. The prerequisite for such prediction is that the two have already fought.

Interestingly, the demon race clearly doesn't care much about cultivation level, and their estimated values ​​are not very high.

The highest lifespan for level 4 is 90 years.

5th order, 170 years.

The sixth level is only about 300 years old.

Only that one seventh-tier demon king, with a cultivation of 800 years and a main attribute of nearly 400,000.

Yang Qingfeng only glanced at it, but he had a premonition that the other party could easily shatter his sword aura, which was very dangerous.

"Power Elephant Demon King, melee combat?"

"Their cultivation levels aren't very high, but their sword energy should be able to hold them off."

"Wait, something's not right."

Yang Qingfeng, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, paused his thoughts and scanned the information on the list again.

His intuition told him that he had made a mistake somewhere.

After careful consideration, Yang Qingfeng identified the attributes of these demons.

"Their cultivation level isn't high, but their attributes are."

"Why don't they pursue cultivation level? Because their attributes are very high."

"Level 69, 30 main attribute points..."

Yang Qingfeng looked up at the distant sky and fell into deep thought.

After an unknown amount of time, a bolt of lightning flashed in the sky, revealing a small warship.

The ship is seven or eight meters long, covered with complex rune arrays, transforming wind blades into wings and lightning into shields, and is radiant with light and color, making it of extremely high quality.

Yang Qingfeng did not move because the ship was surrounded by crimson flames.

As the warship hovered down, Qiao Lie's voice rang out, "Why aren't you leaving?"

"Where... did this come from?"

Yang Qingfeng curiously examined the warship, poking it with his small spirit sword, but it didn't cause any damage.

Qiao Lie said irritably, "Where else could it be? Borrowed from home, huh? Hurry up and get it up here!"

Judging from his tone, it wasn't easy to borrow this thing.

Yang Qingfeng didn't ask any more questions, but he understood what Qiao Lie meant by "cleaning up the mess" and "luring the enemy." All his confidence came from this warship.

Soon, the warship took off and disappeared into the sea of ​​clouds.

Qiao Lie cut to the chase and asked, "Why aren't you leaving?"

Yang Qingfeng removed the ghost mask and breathed a sigh of relief. He then casually passed over the list that Liu Changge had given him. "This is the list of demons who are trying to force their way through. Senior Liu wants me to hold them off as much as possible."

Before even reading it, Qiao Lie replied, "What's the difference between that and taking your life?"

Yang Qingfeng shook his head and said, "There is a difference. Holding them off doesn't necessarily mean you have to fight them."

Qiao Lie didn't say much, but patiently looked at the list. After a long time, he said, "This warship is called the Wind and Thunder Assault Ship. Its attack power is not high, but it is fast and small in size. It also has a defensive formation that combines runes and arrays, which can defend against some attacks below the 6th rank."

"If it's just a matter of delaying, this can buy some time. Only this Demon King of Strength..."

Qiao Lie said with a bit of annoyance, "The Elephant King is notorious for his supernatural strength. It is said that even cultivators of the same level would die from a single punch from him. This little ship probably can't withstand a punch either."

Yang Qingfeng thought for a moment, "Is he a melee fighter?"

Qiao Lie understood what he meant and immediately shook his head, saying, "We can't think like that. There are no detailed information about his skills here. What if he has a skill that can lock onto enemies? That would be terrible."

Lock-on skills, as the name suggests, are skills that can directly lock onto a target.

Qiao Wanyi's Water Source Connection is a skill that locks onto enemies, allowing her to continuously heal teammates.

Lin Tong's Dragon Tiger Fist deals continuous damage that increases over time and also has a semi-lock-on effect.

In other words, as long as the Elephant King has the ability to lock onto enemies, no matter how fast the warship is, it will be useless.

Yang Qingfeng's thoughts raced, and after a moment's thought, he said, "Then let's lure it away first."

Qiao Lie retorted, "How do we lure them? Where do we lead them? If we get caught, we're dead."

At this moment, Jiang Yuan's voice came through the team communication, "Leave the Demon King to us. Let's buy some City-Destroying Thunder Elemental Explosion Beads and disguise ourselves as Sword Explosion Wanfang to blow up their stronghold. Maybe we can lure the Demon King over."

Lin Tong interjected, "Why don't we split up? If things go well, you bomb him, I bomb him, then the Second Miss bombs him—we'll torment him to death!"

Xiao Bingning said, "I heard that the Elephant Clan only knows how to use brute force and isn't very smart. Maybe it will work."

Yang Qingfeng and Qiao Lie exchanged a glance, and did not hesitate when facing the battle.

Qiao Lie replied, "There's not much time. Is it possible to make it in time?"

Jiang Yuan replied instantly, "There's still time. I can make the City-Destroying Thunder and the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle."

The tone of Fengtian and the others was clearly somewhat hurried, as they thought they could challenge the Demon King with only Tier 2 strength.

However, this was not the time to show off; Yang Qingfeng was proud but not arrogant.

He had been thinking about it for a long time and realized a problem he had overlooked for a long time.

The ratio between attributes and cultivation level is also quite ambiguous.

Assuming there are two types of Dao bodies: those that consume attributes and those that consume Dao cultivation, then the question at hand is: how many years of Dao cultivation is roughly equivalent to the actual combat power of a level 69 character with 30 main attributes?

If this ratio cannot be adjusted, it is impossible to determine whether the sword energy can withstand the opponent's attack.

Taking the risk to try under these circumstances carries a very high chance of failure.

Therefore, Yang Qingfeng did not believe he had the chance to fight the Demon King alone, and even facing a high-level demon of the 6th rank would be very dangerous. Luring him away was the best option.

"We've stopped for a while now; those demons are probably wondering where we went."

Yang Qingfeng pointed and released several sword spirits, letting them land on the ground to wait. At the same time, he used his soul vision to monitor the surroundings, but unexpectedly saw a strange scene.

Perhaps it was the improvement in his spiritual cultivation that made his spiritual perception more acute, because in his soul's vision, many points of light floated throughout the ruins of Huicheng.

It is the residual soul power of a demon after its death!

Seeing Yang Qingfeng suddenly stop, Qiao Lie asked nervously, "Are you here?"

"not yet."

"So what?"

Yang Qingfeng looked at Qiao Lie with a strange expression, unsure how to describe it.

At the same time, a bold idea popped into his mind.