No matter how you look at it, a mere 700 sword cultivators from the Sword Sect are unable to resolve such a simple, crude and direct attack from the demon army.
Because the demon army had no plan this time, they just used their force to overwhelm others.
No matter how powerful the swordsman of the Sword Sect is, there is ultimately a limit to his abilities.
In the magic fog, Demon Lord Taixuan looked at Hutou City, and the expression on his face gradually returned to calm, reaching the extreme of calmness.
But deep in his eyes, there were actually some thoughts and doubts.
The three thousand sword masters of the Sword Sect are all outstanding talents and geniuses. How could they be so stupid as to try to shake a tree with an ant and seek their own death?
But he couldn't understand how these more than 700 sword cultivators could stop them.
Could it be that he is really prepared to be a one-man-stand against ten thousand?
If they really did that, Demon Lord Taixuan could be sure that the more than 700 sword cultivators from the Sword Sect today would be wiped out in the end, without a single one left.
Even if the sword of a sword cultivator from the Sword Sect is sharper than one can imagine, and a flying sword can move freely and kill thousands of enemies, it is ultimately useless.
You know, the total number of demon troops they mobilized this time exceeded 10 million. Even if they were divided along the three cities along the front line, there would still be millions of people here...
It is absolutely beyond human power to stop such a huge army of demons in Hutou City.
Even if the sword immortal were to come in person, he might not be able to do it.
The army of the Black Scale Demon Clan began to speed up, their scales flashed with cold light, like armor, and the sound was as exciting as thunder.
Because of their strict class system, the demons are more obedient and better at giving orders than humans.
Therefore, these powerful Xuanlin demons were actually like well-trained ordinary armies, with excellent tactical skills. They formed a charging formation and rushed straight forward.
There were so many of them, forming a huge black mass, that it seemed as if they could overwhelm the sword cultivators from the Sword Sect who were blocking their way in just a moment.
The pressure was astonishingly great.
The cold light shines in all directions, as shocking as thunder.
On the other side, there was a turbulent flow composed of more than a thousand flying swords and the thousands of sword energies slashed out by Gu Qiu, which also continued to rush forward.
The sword shines brightly and its sound is like thunder.
Attack and defense.
Sword and armor.
The Xuanlin Demon Clan, who were charging at the front, could already feel the fierce power coming from the flying sword.
Their faces were pale and a little nervous.
"Go, don't be afraid!"
The leader of the Black Scale Demon Clan was a ninth-grade demon cultivator, who shouted loudly.
He was also nervous, but countless battles had fully demonstrated that their scales were absolutely able to restrain attacks from purely physical damage like flying swords.
So he led the charge and was at the forefront.
The next moment, the steel torrent collided with the sword river.
The sharp flying sword, with great speed and power, spun and hit the scales on his body fiercely.
At this moment, a faint glow emanated from beneath the armor of this ninth-grade black scale demon. Densely packed, complicated and incomprehensible symbols activated, emitting a strange glow that covered the outer layer of the armor.
At this time, the bloodline magical power of their Xuanlin Demon Clan stimulated a layer of magic patterns on the already hard scales, giving it even stronger defensive capabilities.
"Come on!" said the leading ninth-grade demon cultivator viciously.
He had fought against sword cultivators before in the battle of Longcheng Pass.
The result at that time was that the flying swords that this group of sword cultivators had always been proud of could not even pierce the outermost layer of his scales after he displayed his bloodline magical power. They could only make an ear-sore friction sound in vain, and then returned home dejectedly and powerlessly.
This time, it must be so!
The next moment, a dull collision sound was heard.
The extremely confident ninth-grade black-scaled demon who was at the front of the queue just disappeared.
He turned into a ball of blood mist, and the shattered scales flew everywhere like crumbling armor.
The broken scales flew out at an extremely fast speed, like hidden weapons flashing with cold light.
Immediately afterwards, another Black Scale Demon disappeared in the sky full of blood and scales.
Then more Black Scale Demons fell.
The demon clan's imposing and determined first wave of charge turned into an extremely bloody and tragic scene.
The Black Scale Demons in the first array had their scales shattered, their bones broken, and blood splattered as they exploded with screams.
But in just a moment, the sky separating the demon army and Hutou City was filled with a rain of blood and iron flakes from the charging Black Scale Demons.
The scene was extremely bloody.
In the magic fog, Demon Lord Taixuan opened his eyes wide and looked towards Hutou City and towards Gu Qiu who was suspended in the air.
There was a deep fear in his eyes.
“Sword Sect…” Demon Lord Taixuan murmured.
Indeed, the Black Scale Demon Clan can restrain sword cultivators.
But there has never been such a thing as absolute restraint in the world.
If so, it's just because you are not strong enough.
The sword cultivators of the Sword Sect are strong enough.
Therefore, the Black Scale Demon Clan cannot restrain the sword cultivators of the Sword Sect.
There is a saying that is widely circulated in the spiritual world:
"There are only two kinds of sword cultivators in the world, one is the Sword Sect sword cultivator, and the other is other sword cultivators."
Although there is some exaggeration in it and it is a bit too absolute, it also reflects from the side the strength and uniqueness of the sword cultivators of the Sword Sect.
In the sky, the demon cultivators who were behind the Xuanlin Demon Army were already feeling fear from the cruel end of the Xuanlin Demon.
There is no doubt that with their continuous charge, these sword cultivators will eventually be exhausted and swallowed up.
But they also know that before that, they will have to pay a heavy price.
The demon cultivators obey the orders of the demon lords and dare not disobey, but the emotion of fear is definitely not something that living beings can avoid.
Puff puff puff!
The sword cultivators' offensive did not stop.
Thousands of sword shadows turned into sword rainbows in the air, following an extremely harmonious and natural trajectory, spreading out in all directions and starting a massacre.
Although the sword is fast and the blade is sharp, what is truly chilling is the cold murderous intent contained in it.
Gu Qiu held the Ant Sword and slashed out again.
The sword energy was vast and boundless, appearing above the blue sky like the water of a big river.
He is a swordsman who is good at outer sword, and outer sword is a sword for close combat.
But in Gu Qiu's hands, his outer sword technique was even more ferocious than his inner sword in long-range attacks.
The great road leads to the same destination.
When sword cultivation reaches a certain level, the outer sword and the inner sword are no longer as clearly distinguished as before, but can complement each other.
In the demon coalition camp.
Demon Lord Taixuan watched his men falling one after another under the flying swords, but his expression was still extremely calm, as if those who died were not his people.
He narrowed his eyes and frowned slightly.
"Obviously the highest is only the eighth realm... Everyone knows that except Xie Qingyun, the rest of the Sword Sect is only at the eighth realm... But why are their eighth realms so powerful?"
Everyone knows that the Sword Sect's Eight Realms are the best in the world.
But at this moment, Demon Lord Taixuan discovered that the Eight Realms of the Sword Sect were even stronger and higher than the rumors.
Before this, most of the attention paid by the world's people, including the demons, to sword practitioners was focused on the three sword immortals: Xie Qingyun, Chu Mushen, and Li Qiubai.
Because in the past ten thousand years, sword cultivators have confirmed that only these three have advanced to the ninth realm. Apart from them, no new sword immortal has appeared, and the others have remained in the eighth realm for many years.
Eighth realm, is it weak?
Not weak.
But in the context of the war between Taoism and demons, the Eight Realms seem to be just stronger cannon fodder.
The Soldier Demon Clan has been confronting the Sword Sect for many years and is very wary of the Eighth Realm Sword Cultivators.
But the other demons really didn’t care too much about the eighth-level cultivators.
Until today, until the Sword Sect ascended to Zhongling, until seven hundred sword cultivators stood alone against the enemy, until more than a thousand flying swords crushed the enemy with ease, showing their power without reservation, Demon Lord Taixuan realized that he was wrong.
Jianzong is not anywhere.
Sword cultivators are even more different from other cultivators.
Therefore, no eighth-level cultivator can be compared with the eighth-level sword cultivator of the Sword Sect.
"We can't waste too much time on these sword cultivators."
Demon Lord Taixuan raised his head, his gaze passed through the dark army in front of him and fell on the small number of sword cultivators.
He said: "I don't know where Xie Qingyun is at the moment. It is still unknown whether Soul Master and Yu Master can find him and kill him. That is why our victory on the front battlefield is particularly important."
"And this battle is the key. If we can't take advantage of the remaining power of the Spirit Sea Tide and the human race's retreat being cut off, and wipe them out in one fell swoop, forcing them to safely retreat to the Changye Mountains and confront us with Dixin City as their base, then the tug-of-war will continue for many years. It is simply unimaginable."
He hadn't said another word yet. This time, their inner demon clan was "seizing souls" in a blitzkrieg that caught both humans and demons off guard.
If they get caught in a tug-of-war with no known end date, not to mention the uncertainties from the human race, they may also face threats from other demons in the rear.
There is no such thing as being in the same boat among the demons.
There is no such thing as you fighting against humans in the front and I will support you in the back.
Not only will the other seven holy demon clans not give them support, they may even take advantage of the situation, attack their Wujian Realm, and then pick the "peaches" they have been planning for ten thousand years.
Therefore, the battle to seize the soul must be fought and resolved quickly.
Taixuan Demon Lord looked towards Hutou City and said expressionlessly: "Go on, let alone humans, even immortals and sword immortals will get tired sometimes."
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The humming sound spread, sweeping across the entire battlefield.
The military order was sent by Demon Lord Taixuan to the demon army.
The demon army, like countless dark clouds, rushed towards Hutou City.
Blood mist exploded in balls, and the scene was extremely bloody.
But the demon army was like a cold and emotionless machine, just mechanically advancing forward.
Just as Demon Lord Taixuan said, as long as one is a human, there will always be a time when one’s strength is exhausted.
Even if the demon clan has millions of troops, they can be killed by the sword cultivators without any hesitation and they will be tired of killing them.
The sound of the charge horn has never stopped since it was sounded.
The demons' charge was continuous, there were millions of them and they needed no rest.
Sword practitioners always need to take a breath when they draw and put down their swords.
Whenever the sword cultivator takes a breath, the demon army can advance a long distance.
The dark masses of demon cultivators were like a black tide, rushing forward wave after wave as if there was a solid embankment ahead.
These waves hit the embankment and immediately broke into drops of water, which scattered and fell silently.
The originally gloomy sky was dyed with an indelible dark red.
But no matter how brutal the battle was, the demon army behind them still pushed forward desperately.
Their mission is to die, and through their flesh and blood, to keep the demon army advancing.
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Gu Qiu didn't know how many times he swung the sword.
His qi has begun to become disordered.
But he had no time to care about all this. He just concentrated on swinging his sword again and again, letting his black hair dance wildly behind him.
He was indeed a little tired.
But he never stopped.
At this moment, Gu Qiu's sword-wielding hand suddenly stopped.
He raised his head and looked forward.
An eighth-grade demon cultivator with a green face and fangs pounced towards him just a few dozen feet in front of him.
Gu Qiu curled the corner of his mouth and raised the Ant Sword in his hand.
This distance is already close combat distance.
It is also the distance where his sword skills can exert the most power.
Therefore, the body of that eighth-grade demon cultivator immediately shattered and was torn into pieces by the sword energy.
However, just like in a siege, when one person climbs onto the top of the wall, he will be immediately killed by the defending soldiers, but this also means that there will immediately be a second, third, fourth... countless enemy soldiers climbing up the wall.
This is also true.
The demons paved the way with flesh and blood and finally reached Hutou City.
Gu Qiu looked at the demon army that was rushing towards him dozens of feet away and smiled.
Then he whistled.
"Disciple of the Sword Sect, carry the sword box!"
Then, Gu Qiu waved his wrist, and a rosewood sword case was carried on his back.
The Sword Sect’s rosewood sword case.
The reason why he carried the sword box at this time was because the battle situation had reached this point and their casualties were inevitable.
No matter how powerful the swordsman of the Sword Sect is, he is still a human being after all, with a mortal body, not an immortal body.
In such a war, they might not even have a complete corpse left in the end.
But, so what.
Since they were marching west, they were prepared to die.
The sword box is used to store swords.
It’s okay if people can’t go back. The surviving companions can just take their swords back.
The next moment, Gu Qiu raised the Ant Sword with a very graceful movement.
The dark cloud-like demon army was reflected in his eyes. His expression was cold and vast energy was poured into the sword.
"Secret Sword: Ten Thousand Whales!"
The Ant Sword swept through the void, as if opening a door in space.
The ancient and vast roar of whales was heard along with the sound of springs.
The next moment, countless huge ancient whales swam out from the Ant Sword, smashed the void, and swam forward.
These ancient whales were all transformed from sword energy.
The ancient whale is Gu Qiu’s sword creature.
To the demon army charging ahead, the sound of the whale's cry was like Yama's soul-calling song.
This is a semicircular vacuum area.
Gu Qiu stood among them.
Outside the semicircle.
The demon cultivators of the demon coalition were a black mass, like waves hitting a dam, emitting howling sounds and cries of pain.
I don’t know how many demon cultivators were swallowed up by the rush of thousands of whales.
This is truly a spectacular scene.
Standing at the front, Gu Qiu, who was like a dam, had no complacent expression on his face. His eyebrows were straight and his expression was still calm.
He ignored his own achievements and just looked ahead quietly.
Because the charge of the demon army is still continuing.
He held the Ant Sword in his hand and took a step forward instead of retreating.
The clear sound of the sword rang out like the sound of flowing spring water.
The hissing sword energy grew, stretching out like a long rainbow.
When Lu Qingshan first entered the Sword Sect, Ji Chuan introduced him to the seven peaks of the Sword Sect and introduced the head of Hengqiu Peak, Gu Qiu, like this:
He uses the ant sword talisman as his symbol, is famous for his sword energy, and is good at using the secret sword.
Today, this is what Gu Qiu showed.
Secret sword.
Ant sword.
The whale has not yet swallowed the ocean, but the sword's energy is already sweeping across the sky.