Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 233 The Way of War? The Way of Deception!

The dark green arrow pierced the sky, heading straight for Yan Liyuan's golden scholarly figure.

Yan Liyuan's expression remained unchanged, but the golden light between his brows shone brightly.

The scholar's illusory figure in the sky slowly opened his eyes, his gaze devoid of sorrow or joy, revealing only a serene indifference that transcended life and death.

"The people are the most important, the state is next, and the ruler is the least important."

With a wave of his long sleeves, the scholar unfurled a golden light curtain in front of him.

The dark green arrow struck the light barrier, producing a piercing corrosive sound.

Golden light and green mist intertwined and dissolved into each other.

"Putting the people first." Yan Liyuan raised his head and straightened his chest, his gaze calm: "This is the foundation of my Confucianism. I will give it a try."

Behind the scholar's illusory figure, the figures of countless common people could be vaguely seen.

There were farmers, craftsmen, merchants, and soldiers, men and women, young and old, all dressed in rags, but with bright eyes.

They bowed, clasped their hands, and knelt before the scholar, then transformed into specks of golden light that merged into his body.

"This is—" A hint of surprise flashed in the Plague God Sparrow's eyes: "Your true meaning has already approached 'momentum'?"

"It's still far from enough." Yan Liyuan shook his head, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. "But it's enough to hold you off for now."

The scholar raised his hand, and his five fingers formed a golden giant hand that descended from the sky and grabbed at the Plague God Sparrow.

The Plague God Sparrow gritted its teeth, opened its mouth, and spat out a cloud of dark green poisonous mist, which directly corroded the giant hand.

"Kill!" Su Feibai shouted, and his jade longsword unleashed a blade of light hundreds of feet long, slashing straight at the head of the Plague God Sparrow.

Guan Julang's water needle transformed into a water dragon, coiling around the neck of the Plague God Sparrow.

Hongxiu's flaming blade scorched its back, while Wenmo wielded his brush, and a huge "prisoner" character fell, transforming into chains that bound its claws.

The Plague God Sparrow shone with a brilliant, dark green light: "Just a junior!"

Its feathers fell off, its skin cracked, and countless dark green pus gushed out from the cracks, turning into venomous snakes that lunged at the group.

"Watch out!" Yan Liyuan swung his ruler, and a golden light severed the first few poisonous snakes that were charging forward.

But there were too many venomous snakes, densely packed and overwhelming.

Su Feibai's left arm was wrapped by a venomous snake, and his skin instantly turned black.

He gritted his teeth and swung his knife to cut the venomous snake in two, but the poison had already entered his body, and his face turned ashen.

Guan Julang fared even worse; three venomous snakes coiled around her waist and abdomen, their fangs piercing her flesh.

She let out a muffled groan, and the water shield exploded, shattering the venomous snake, but the poison had already spread.

The voice of the Wooden Taoist came: "The poison of the Plague God Sparrow can be eliminated later! Don't interfere with Zhu Ge's killing of the Locust Demon Prince and the Red River Dragon Python!"

"You make it sound so easy." Su Feibai gritted his teeth, took out a pill from his pocket, and swallowed it.

The toxins were suppressed, but his complexion was still very poor.

The same applies to the others.

Meanwhile, below, Zhu Ge sat cross-legged on the ground, his hands forming hand seals, the mycelium still entwining around the Locust Demon Prince and the Red River Dragon Python.

The two large ones struggled and fought each other within the mycelium, but neither could break free.

The red river python's body had two large holes drilled by locusts, and crimson blood gushed out like a spring.

The locust prince's swarm of insects was mostly killed by the mycelium, and the remaining Gu insects were also frantically fighting back.

Zhu Ge frowned. Killing a powerful being was more difficult than he had imagined, a hundred times more difficult than being in the third realm!

The bone monster clone reassembled from the shattered bones, standing shakily behind him, continuously injecting its spiritual energy into the Seed of the Fungus God.

That's how they managed to hold on.

"My bones are almost exhausted—" The bone monster clone sensed the situation and was surprised to find that even the bones of the entire White Bone Cave were not enough.

This is where bones have been collected and stored all along!

However, Zhu Ge remained calm.

It is possible to kill them, but the Red River Dragon Python and the Locust Demon Prince are both very difficult to kill.

Fortunately, with Zhu Ge, Hua Liusha, and the Bone Monster's clone taking turns urging the Fungus God's Annihilation Array, they could afford to wait it out.

However, above, the Plague God Sparrow and Yan Liyuan had also entered a fierce battle phase.

Yan Liyuan and the others are quite strong and are also geniuses. It can be said that they are among the top in the three realms, whether they are young or old.

However, the great will always be the great.

If Yan Liyuan and his group could defeat or even kill a powerful being by working together, then entering the top ten of the "Sovereign Ranking" would seem too easy and effortless.

Even the top ten geniuses need to put in a lot of effort to kill a powerful expert.

At this moment, all Yan Liyuan and the others were doing was resisting.

As long as they can withstand the Plague God Sparrow and kill the Red River Dragon Python and the Locust Demon Prince, they will have no worries and may even be able to make a profit.

However, if they cannot withstand the attack, their life-saving items may be activated, sending them back to their sect or family.

At that point, their trip could be considered a failure.

Of course, for these scions of powerful families, it was just a failed trial.

But what about Zhu Ge?

That was a complete rout.

Fortunately, Yan Liyuan and his team are doing quite well so far.

While it may not be as effective as the Plague Sparrow in a one-on-one fight, it can still hold the opponent back.

At that moment, Zhu Ge calculated the time and said to Hua Liusha in her mind, "Liusha, it's almost time. Notify Sui Niang!"

"Yes, brother!" Hua Liusha replied, and after a moment, she added, "Brother, Sui Niang says she understands!"

Zhu Ge nodded, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

Sui Niang!

His scheme is finally coming to an end.

"boom!!!"

Not far away, Su Feibai fell from the sky like a meteorite, creating a large crater. He was breathing heavily, and his Dao Heart had stopped beating.

Su Feibai is seriously injured!

The wooden Taoist's face was as white as old tree bark, and even his movements became much slower.

Wenmo, Hongxiu, and Guan Julang were also having a hard time, but Yan Liyuan was still struggling to hold on.

"You humans are not bad," the Plague God Sparrow laughed wildly. "After you die, I will refine your soul into a believer, a human prodigy, who will praise me in my ear every day, hahaha!"

Yan Liyuan's face was ashen, but his eyes still shone with arrogance: "You beast, I am merely a nobody on the Imperial Ranking. If my brothers were here, you would have been killed long ago!"

Yan Liyuan and the Plague God Sparrow exchanged words and fought continuously.

However, Yan Liyuan was only about one-tenth of the strength of the Plague God Sparrow, and was repeatedly defeated.

"Brother Yan, that's enough!" Zhu Ge shouted, "I can refine these two instantly, come back quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Liyuan returned without hesitation, protected by the Yuan-level ruler.

The same was true for everyone else; even Su Feibai was tied back by Mu Daoren with a vine.

The plague bird instinctively flapped its wings and flew into the sky.

A few seconds later, everyone realized that there was no movement below.

They're lying again!

Yan Liyuan and the others couldn't help but glance at Zhu Ge with extremely strange expressions.

I wish you a good song, my foot!

The Red River Dragon Python and the Locust Demon Prince haven't been killed yet!

Even the Red River Dragon Python and the Locust Demon Prince couldn't help but glance in this direction.

The plague bird high in the sky sneered, "You brat, do you think I can't do anything to you?"

After saying this, it raised its head and let out a long cry. Then its body gradually transformed into a dark green bead with rich, deep colors, and fell towards the Red River Dragon Python and the Locust Demon Prince below.

"I'll devour these two first, then ascend to the Fusion Realm and reign supreme!"

However, at that moment, countless mycelia swooped down.

Zhu Ge laughed loudly: "The art of war is the art of deception!"

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