After the spiritual energy was restored: Goddess girlfriends came knocking.

Jiang Yan put away the Soul-Chasing Bow.

This thing consumes too much energy; even with my current reserves, I can't fire more than a few arrows.

We should save it for the crucial moment.

He drew his ancestral sword with a backhand motion, and his figure transformed into a golden light that shot into the battlefield.

The two swords clashed, one black and one gold, their sword lights clashing and slashing through the enemy ranks.

He alternated between official techniques and sword skills, and wherever he went, enemy soldiers fell like wheat being harvested.

Some enemy generals at the Void Refinement stage tried to retreat upon seeing Jiang Yan, but it was too late.

"The clear water flows eastward and turns back here."

The moment the poem was recited, a phantom image of a celestial river swept across the battlefield, simultaneously engulfing the three Void Refinement cultivators attacking from the left into the water.

The sword intent clashed and tore through the water. When the three of them finally broke free, they had more than a dozen deep, bone-revealing sword wounds on their bodies.

With the blessing of innate Dao foundation and true dragon bloodline, almost no one who has mastered the Void Refinement skill can last ten moves against Jiang Yan.

He fought his way to the front lines, leaving behind a trail of corpses.

A tacit understanding gradually formed on the battlefield: enemy generals at the Refinement Realm would retreat upon seeing Jiang Yan, preferring to tackle other tough challenges instead.

He wanted to attack the one in the Integration Stage, but as soon as he got close, the Soul-Chasing Bow appeared in his hand.

As soon as the lightning on the bow lit up, the crowd became hesitant to attack. A group attack was certainly possible, but no one wanted to be the first to strike.

They all saw how their colleague died.

The twelve protective spiritual lights were as fragile as paper; not even the primordial spirit escaped.

Who can bear this.

An enemy veteran in the mid-stage of the Fusion Realm snorted and turned to fly off in another direction.

The remaining few who had joined forces exchanged a glance and then dispersed in tacit agreement.

A strange vacuum zone had formed around Jiang Yan.

At that moment, the Tushan army, which had been lingering on the periphery of the allied forces, made its move.

Ruoshui stood up from the carriage and unleashed the secret techniques she had inherited without reservation, instantly boosting her cultivation to the peak of the Void Refinement stage.

Nine ghostly blue fox tails rose into the sky behind her.

Each beam was surrounded by a pale golden halo, dyeing half the sky a blend of gold and blue.

The two defensive arrays of Chang'an City were still in operation. Although the allied forces' offensive was fierce, they only managed to break through the outermost defensive array.

Ruoshui raised her chin, a cold glint flashing in her fox-like eyes.

"Tushan, listen to my command—target—the flank of Tianlang."

The two combined worshippers made the first move, unleashing their long-prepared magic towards the flank of the allied forces.

Before Sirius's right flank could react to what was happening, half of their formation was destroyed by the combined attack of the two combined-level enshrined elders.

Immediately afterwards, the Tu Shan army's battle flags suddenly changed direction, and the spiritual energy originally aimed at the top of Chang'an City was redirected, unleashing a volley that pierced through the rear of the Xuan Yu Dynasty.

The coalition forces' flanks were thrown into chaos instantly.

The general on Sirius's flank turned deathly pale: "Tushan—have you all gone mad?!"

Ruoshui did not answer.

She raised her hand, and all nine fox tails slashed down simultaneously, tearing a huge gap in the Sirius's flank defense.

Sensing the change below, the mountain demon whirled around, its bear-like eyes blazing with fury: "Tu Shan Ruoshui! You're courting death!"

He wanted to rush down, but Cang Yao stopped him.

"Your opponent is me," Cang Yao said calmly.

The mountain demon roared and charged again, the two colliding once more.

Ruoshui took flight and flew above Jiang Yan, with nine phantom fox tails spreading out like a fan behind her.

He casually unleashed a spell that sent a Void Refining cultivator who was trying to sneak up on Jiang Yan from behind flying.

"Ruoshui." Jiang Yan looked up at her, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Jiang Yan." Ruoshui looked down at him, her fox-like eyes sparkling.

There were no excessive pleasantries; everything was understood without words.

The two simultaneously turned their gazes back to the approaching enemy tide.

Ruoshui's fox tail lashed into the enemy ranks, each strike sending a swarm of enemy soldiers flying.

Jiang Yan protected her on the flank, and the two advanced side by side through the million-strong army.

Nine fox tails and twin swords tore a wide vacuum in the enemy ranks.

After the two slaughtered a group of Yinshan cultivators.

One of the combined forces in Yinshan finally couldn't hold back any longer.

His figure blended into the shadows, silently bypassing Ruoshui's side, and clawed at the two from behind from a blind spot.

The claw-like blades solidified at an incredible speed.

Ruoshui wanted to hide, but it was too late.

Jiang Yan snorted coldly, drew the Soul-Chasing Bow to its full extent, and poured merit and fortune into the bow.

The black and gold arrow pierced through the void.

The trajectory of the arrow was reflected in the pupils of the Yinshan combined entity; it wanted to escape, but couldn't.

An arrow pierced through his chest.

The power of merit on the arrow burned his demonic body like a raging fire, while the malevolent aura melted away like snow in the golden light.

His physical body exploded, blood mist splattering dozens of feet away, and his primordial spirit fled hastily from the remains, transforming into a streak of light and madly running away into the distance.

The Soul-Chasing Arrow turned back on its own, chasing the primordial spirit and twisting it in mid-air.

The primordial spirit let out a final, mournful shriek before dissipating in the wind.

An eerie silence fell over the battlefield for a moment.

Since the start of the war, this is the second Nascent Soul cultivator that Jiang Yan has personally killed. The first was a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage from Suspended Mountain, and this one was a Nascent Soul cultivator in the late stage.

Even those in the late-stage of the Fusion Realm couldn't withstand a single arrow from him, and he didn't even spare the primordial spirit.

The remaining fused demon cultivators no longer cared about the dignity of a domain lord and tacitly moved several miles away from Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan was also slightly taken aback, not expecting it to be done in a second.

He originally estimated that he could at most severely injure someone in the late stage of the fusion, and killing them with one blow was not part of his plan.

It seems that the Yinshan cultivator's aura was too strong, which is why it was suppressed by the power of merit.

The method of lighting lamps to illuminate the night, given to him by Wen Chaosheng, proved far more powerful than he had expected.

Seeing another combined unit die on the other side greatly boosted their morale.

Within the Chang'an army's lines, the sword cultivators of the Lingxu Sword Sect formed a sword formation, with hundreds of flying swords weaving together in mid-air to create a silver torrent, causing the allied soldiers to scatter wherever they passed.

The Confucian scholars from Bailu Academy, brought by Yu Qian, stood at the rear. A righteous aura rose from above their heads and condensed into a canopy, further increasing the power of the sword formation.

In another direction, Jian Li gripped her longsword and slashed back and forth among the enemy ranks.

She was already at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Although her cultivation level wasn't top-tier on the battlefield, the power of her innate sword body combined with the Human Emperor Sword Technique made her virtually invincible among those of the same level.

But her gaze kept drifting towards Jiang Yan in the center of the battlefield, watching him and Ruoshui fight side by side.

Another one has arrived! Another one has arrived!

Gritting her teeth, she cleaved the enemy general in front of her with a single sword strike. The golden sword light of the Human Emperor Sword Technique was even more ferocious than before, causing the enemy in front of her to retreat in defeat.

The comrades around her were startled by the girl's sudden outburst.

On the city wall of Chang'an behind.

Jiang Shouzhuo's knuckles turned white from clenching his fists.

He was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, so Jiang Yan wouldn't let him fight.

So all they could do was watch from the city walls as the battlefield outside the city resembled a meat grinder.

He could feel the soaring sword intent emanating from Jian Li's side, and he could also see Jiang Yan and Tu Shan Ruoshui fighting side by side.

He looked down at his hands.

These hands practice swordsmanship day and night, getting up earlier and going to bed later than others.

But talent is like an invisible wall; you can see what's ahead, but you can't get through it.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Shouzhou raised his head and looked back at the battlefield. Watching Jiang Yan's figure slaughtering everyone, the confusion in his eyes slowly faded, replaced by a stubbornness that refused to admit defeat.

If you're not naturally gifted, then work harder than others.

If practicing swordsmanship tens of thousands of times isn't enough, then practice hundreds of thousands, even millions of times.

I will become stronger someday.

One day I will be able to stand beside Brother Jiang.

Not as someone who needs to be protected, but as someone who can protect others.