"This Jing Yi has a cruel heart!" The Blind Sword Saint's eyes snapped open suddenly, sharp glints flashing in his dull pupils. "This Jing Yi actually deceived me. He has no history with the Guiyuan Sect at all! I suspect he has absolutely no connection to them! The Guiyuan Sect has probably colluded with the Divine Palace..."

"Grandmaster, you mean?" Gu Yong was also sharp and understood immediately.

Gu Yong's face flushed with anger: "Grandmaster, Jing Yi is using tactics now to restrain us, preventing us from attacking the Guiyuan Sect... In reality, he wants to preserve the Guiyuan Sect as a chess piece for the Divine Palace. Later, when the Divine Palace attacks our Yangzhou, the Guiyuan Sect can coordinate with them from the inside and outside."

"Moreover, the Guiyuan Sect has operated in Yangzhou for a thousand years; the entirety of Yangzhou is likely riddled with their sentinels. Especially the commanderies surrounding Jiangning Commandery, they must have established arrangements."

"Once war breaks out, the Divine Palace might be able to strike straight from the north all the way to Jiangning Commandery in one go. Capturing half of Yangzhou!" Gu Yong couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

That scenario was too terrifying.

"Indeed, as long as our Yangzhou remains perfectly unified," the Blind Sword Saint said, "we will emulate 'Hong Tian City' and disperse our elite disciples into hiding, letting thousands of troops rely on the terrain advantage to deal with the Divine Palace forces. That will mire them deep in the mud of our Yangzhou."

A Kao Void Realm expert cannot win.

They can only rely on the advantage of local influence.

"Grandmaster, what about the Guiyuan Sect?" Gu Yong's eyes flashed with cold light.

"Kill them," the Blind Sword Saint stated coldly. "Eliminate this future trouble in one swift blow, so we won't have to worry about them coordinating with the Divine Palace. Gu Yong, bring out the box I asked you to carry."

"The three of you exit first," the Blind Sword Saint commanded. "Prepare yourselves. As soon as I give the order, your three factions will attack the Guiyuan Sect simultaneously."

"Yes, Supreme Elder." The three generals respectfully retreated, hurrying toward their respective troops.

Gu Yong moved a large iron chest over from the side.

"Open it," commanded the Blind Sword Saint.

Clang!

The iron chest was opened, revealing armor of pure silver within—including battle boots and a helmet. The entire set of silver armor emanating a faint, chilling aura as it lay in the box.

"Gu Yong, put it on," the Blind Sword Saint instructed.

Gu Yong dared not disobey the order and immediately donned the armor set, boots, helmet, and so on. In an instant, Gu Yong's body was almost entirely concealed, with only his hands and face exposed.

"This Divine Armor is the treasure of our Azure Lake Island. It was painstakingly forged over three thousand years ago on the continent of Kyushu by a Void Profound Realm expert named 'Qin Nan,'" the Blind Sword Saint looked at Gu Yong. "Our Azure Lake Island's founding ancestor acquired it by chance after seizing it from numerous Void Realm experts. Today, I might have to fight Jing Yi. Stay by my side later, and I shall ensure your safety."

"Yes, Grandmaster." Gu Yong had long heard rumors of a Divine Armor within the sect, and today he could finally wear it.

"Let's go, we're crushing the Guiyuan Sect." The Blind Sword Saint gripped Gu Yong's arm with his left hand, holding a slender iron rod in his right, and walked out of the camp tent.

On the East City Wall of Jiangning Commandery.

Teng Qingshan and Zhuge Yuanhong stood silently on the ramparts, watching the massive army below. They wouldn't feel at ease until this Azure Lake Island army retreated.

"Young Sect Master, have you settled Qing Yu and the children?"

"Yes, they are all settled. I hope to see Qing Yu and my son and daughter again."

"Young Sect Master, if we manage to weather this calamity, how about arranging a marriage between my son and your daughter?"

"Haha, sounds good, it's settled then."

Teng Qingshan glanced at Zhuge Yun and Teng Qinghu standing together not far away, thinking privately: Don't worry, barring any accidents, Little Yun and Qing Hu, you will both see your wives and children.

Just then—

"Dong!" "Dong!" "Dong!" The sound of drums suddenly erupted, hitting the hearts of everyone in the Guiyuan Sect, and also hitting Teng Qingshan's heart.

"What?"

Teng Qingshan's expression changed, and he looked down toward the city base. Zhuge Yuanhong and the others also looked startled.

The Azure Lake Island soldiers, who had been lazily sitting on the ground resting, all jumped to their feet upon hearing the drums.

"What's going on?" Zhuge Yuanhong turned to look at Teng Qingshan.

Teng Qingshan stared at the foot of the wall. He saw a blind man in black leading a man clad head-to-toe in silver armor, walking determinedly out of the distant camp tents. Teng Qingshan easily determined through his domain—the figure fully protected by armor was Gu Yong!

"Tie Wu, what are you doing?" Teng Qingshan urgently transmitted his voice.

"What am I doing?" The Blind Sword Saint scoffed back through telepathy. "Jing Yi, today our Azure Lake Island is determined to crush the Guiyuan Sect. If you dare to obstruct, I will kill you along with them."

The blind man suddenly waved his hand!

Immediately, the generals witnessing this scene below the city wall shouted fiercely: "Attack!"

"Attack!" "Attack!" "Attack!"...

The runners immediately echoed the call, and nearly all the Azure Lake Island soldiers simultaneously turned to look toward the military banner—the rigidly upright military banner was now leaning forward in the direction of Jiangning Commandery!

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Shouts immediately rose up.

Almost simultaneously, killing cries echoed from beneath the North and West City Walls of Jiangning Commandery. The shouts of hundreds of thousands of people resembled endless rolling thunder, sweeping across all of Jiangning Commandery, and the entire city seemed to tremble.

"How could this be."

Teng Qingshan looked down, watching the endless, vast army stretching as far as the eye could see surge forward, his face paling. Even as a Void Realm expert, how could he possibly withstand hundreds of thousands of troops alone?

'Qing Hu,' the commander of the Black Armored Army standing not far from Teng Qingshan, suddenly brandished his silver spear and roared: "Brothers... Kill! Our Black Armored Army, the strongest Black Armored Army! Killing ten is just making up for losses, killing twenty is a profit! Kill, kill, kill..." Teng Qinghu's face was fierce as he gripped his silver spear tightly.

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"...

The numerous soldiers of the Black Armored Army, along with large numbers of guards, roared, their throats turning crimson, weapons raised, perpetually ready to attack.

"Qing Yu." Zhuge Yun, whose face was handsome, gently took out the jade pendant from his bosom, kissed it, and said, "Take good care of our child." He then placed the pendant back inside his robes, his expression firm. Zhuge Yun held a long sword, looking coldly at the surging torrent of thousands of troops charging toward the city wall. In his cold eyes was an unprecedented killing intent...

Teng Qingshan looked at his brothers, all prepared to die without regret.

Could he watch Qing Yu become a widow?

Could he watch Qing Hu and Zhuge Yun die just like that?

Could he watch the Teng Clan be hunted down and slaughtered by the Azure Lake Island?

...

Teng Qingshan glared intensely at the black-clad blind man standing among the army, holding Gu Yong's arm. His eyes were nearly splitting from rage.

"Tie Wu!" A voice like the roar of a thunder god suddenly rang out.

Boom!

A figure shot out from the city wall like a cannonball, gripping a massive axe in one hand, and smashed it violently into the ground beneath the Jiangning Commandery city wall amidst a volley of arrows. The terrifying impact force and the Heaven and Earth energy contained within caused the very surface of the earth to ripple like water.

Many soldiers charging toward this impact were torn to shreds by the erupting energy gusts, blood splattering everywhere. Terrifying pits, dozens of feet long, appeared on the ground. Teng Qingshan, clad in a white robe, stood within one of them, his gaze as piercing as the blinding sun, impossible to look at directly.

"Tie Wu, if you do not retreat your army today, I, Jing Yi, will start a massacre!" His voice, filled with extreme anger, spread out like roaring thunder.

"Jing Yi?"

"It's Jing Yi?"

The tens of thousands of Guiyuan Sect soldiers on the city wall cheered with joy, but the Azure Lake Island army continued to charge forward; once the order was given, they would not stop.

"Today, the Guiyuan Sect shall be destroyed," the black-clad blind man stood unmoved among his myriad soldiers, looking toward Teng Qingshan, and announced coldly.

"Hahahaha..."

Teng Qingshan laughed in fury, his eyes faintly reddening. "Aren't you protecting this Gu Yong? I'll kill him first."

Bang!

Teng Qingshan shot out like a bolt of lightning, plunging into the Azure Lake Island army formation. Teng Qingshan's rapidly moving figure stirred up a terrifying wave of air, which directly tossed aside a large number of nearby soldiers, accompanied by cries of alarm.

"How dare you rush toward me, you are truly courting death." The Blind Sword Saint held his slender iron rod in one hand, his dull, gray-white eyes fixed on Teng Qingshan. Everyone knew the Blind Sword Saint was blind and couldn't see, yet no one dared to underestimate him; without eyes, his observation was even more meticulous than those who had them.

Rumble~~~

Teng Qingshan brought the Mountain Splitting Divine Axe together in both hands, descending like a giant god, delivering a savage axe chop directly toward the black-clad blind man's head. Three-colored light flowed around the axe blade of the Mountain Splitting Divine Axe, and the surrounding Heaven and Earth energy frantically surged toward Teng Qingshan's axe. For a moment, the giant axe in Teng Qingshan's hand shone brilliantly like the 'sun.'

"Not good." The Blind Sword Saint was greatly alarmed. Even before the clash, he sensed...

Today's Jing Yi was completely different from a few days ago.

"Hoo~~" Teng Qingshan, whose body was thicker and whose facial veins and forearms were bulging—having unleashed his peak physical strength—controlled all the Heaven and Earth energy he could muster to launch this ferocious strike he had been gathering while running. For a moment... it was as if the heavens and earth were being destroyed. The black-clad blind man felt there was nowhere to hide. This move was the (proud, signature move) painstakingly developed by Emperor Yu; it was not something one could simply dodge if they wished.

"Swish."

The Blind Sword Saint coldly thrust out his slender iron rod, a black ray of light shooting rapidly toward Teng Qingshan.

Peng!!!

The blade of the Mountain Splitting Divine Axe fiercely struck the slender iron rod. The terrifying force contained within caused the Blind Sword Saint to be thrown backward, his face showing shock. "Eighty percent of Heaven and Earth energy, or ninety percent?" The gap between experts in the Void Realm becomes smaller as they ascend, because someone just entering the Void Realm can only control about twenty percent of Heaven and Earth energy. While peak Void Realm control is ten-tenths (one hundred percent).

Ten-tenths is five times twenty percent!

Naturally, in close combat, someone at peak Void Realm could instantly kill someone just entering it. After all, it was five times the power!

However—in this case, one was exhibiting slightly over eighty percent power, and the other was exhibiting one hundred percent. How many times is one hundred percent of eighty percent? The difference is only twenty to thirty percent, less than half! Therefore, it's hard to achieve instantaneous defeat.

Furthermore—

At this moment, the Blind Sword Saint, while facing the enemy, also had to protect Gu Yong. He couldn't unleash himself fully.

"Boom!" After delivering the axe strike, Teng Qingshan unfolded the close-combat movement technique he deduced from the Thirty-Six Styles of Mountain Splitting. In almost an instant, he was beside the Blind Sword Saint.

"How so fast?" The Blind Sword Saint was greatly startled.

"Kill them! Kill them all!!!" Teng Qingshan gripped the Mountain Splitting Divine Axe, listening to the frenzied sounds of battle from the Guiyuan Sect soldiers behind the city wall, his face growing increasingly ferocious, knowing that Guiyuan Sect members were dying every second. "Tie Wu, if I do not annihilate your Azure Lake Island, I swear I will not be a man!!!"

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