Just as the morale of the human army was soaring high on the battlefield, a large cloud of golden light suddenly appeared at the end of the sky. Waves of impassioned drumming could be heard coming from the cloud.
When this cloud neared Yuzhang City, one could see elite warriors dressed in silver armor standing on top of it.
"It's the Heavenly Court's Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, they're finally here!"
The sword-bearers in the safety wall suddenly became a little flustered. Even though they had already anticipated the arrival of the Heavenly Court's army.
But when the army really appeared, the sword-bearers couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
"I wonder which deity from the Heavenly Court has come this time!" Sword Immortal Ling Xu said worriedly as he looked at the densely packed Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals in the sky.
"It's most likely Erlang Shen, Yang Jian!" Gu Xuanyuan said with certainty.
"Oh?
Why? "Sword Immortal Ling Xu asked curiously.
"Master Sword Immortal Ling Xu, you're from Los Angeles after all, so you don't know much about our Yuzhang City's history.
Ever since Yuzhang City was founded, Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, has never been absent from any of the Heavenly Court's attacks on Yuzhang City. I think this time will be no exception. "
Gu Xuanyuan said with a slightly playful expression, "To our Yuzhang City, Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, is our most familiar old friend."
Sure enough, when the Heavenly Court's large golden cloud stopped, a small purple cloud flew above Yuzhang City by itself. On it stood an extremely handsome great general dressed in shining golden armor with a single eye on his forehead.
It was Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, an old friend that everyone in Yuzhang City was very familiar with.
"Yuzhang City scoundrels, how dare you fight with me, Erlang Shen?"
This Heavenly Court official's son, the Jade Emperor's nephew, Comrade Yang Jian, waved the three pointed, double-edged sword in his hand in provocation.
Seeing Comrade Yang Jian's challenge, both the sword-bearers in the safety wall and the civilians in the underground shelters felt a headache coming on.
This kind of challenge was also an old trick that the people of Yuzhang City were most familiar with. Every time Yang Jian represented the Heavenly Court to besiege Yuzhang City, Yang Jian would jump out and challenge the sword-bearer of Yuzhang City to a duel. This gave the people of Yuzhang a headache.
Yang Jian's one-on-one fight was not just a simple one-on-one fight, but it was a tacit agreement between Yang Jian and Yuzhang City.
If Yang Jian lost in a one-on-one fight, then Yang Jian and his subordinates, the six brothers of the Meishan Mountain, would not participate in the subsequent attack on Yuzhang City. Even if the high and mighty Jade Emperor spoke, Yang Jian would still keep his promise. He had never broken his promise.
Do not underestimate the combat strength of Yang Jian's 1200 Grass Gods, each of them was equivalent to a Spirit Realm Yuan Kou, and after being trained by Yang Jian for a long time, they had grasped a powerful formation.
When these 1200 Grass Gods worked together to cast this formation, it was equivalent to the combat strength of a Universe Realm Yuan Kou.
What was even more terrifying was that Yang Jian himself could combine with this formation. Once combined, Yang Jian's combat strength could break through the Universe Realm and reach the Flood Realm. One could imagine the threat he posed to humans.
Being able to make such a terrifying opponent withdraw from the battle ahead of time would undoubtedly greatly relieve the pressure on Yuzhang City.
On the other hand, if Yang Jian won, then the defeated swordmistress and her sword-bearer would be taken to his Erlang Supreme Temple at the mouth of the river to be servants for three years. The swordmistress would be responsible for bringing tea and water to Yang Jian, while the sword-bearer would be responsible for cleaning the entire temple.
This could be said to be a great humiliation, but fortunately, Yang Jian would kill the sword-bearer like the other Yuan Kou. As long as the losers obediently worked for three years, Yang Jian would be able to release them in one piece. In terms of life and death, they would not be in any fatal danger.
Purely from the perspective of victory and defeat, this one-on-one battle was actually a great advantage for Yuzhang City.
If Yuzhang City won, they would be able to eliminate an opponent equivalent to a Flood Realm Yuan Kou. If Yuzhang City lost, they would only have to pay the price of an Immortal Sword Level sword-bearer's pride and three years of time.
No matter how one looked at it, this was a very good deal, but Yuzhang City rarely made such a deal. This was because Yang Jian's ability was too high. Unless there was an Immortal Sword Level sword-bearer who coordinated with the top few Immortal Sword Level swordmistresses, there was no doubt that Yang Jian would lose in a one-on-one battle.
Since the result was certain that Yang Jian would lose, there was naturally no point in betting. Therefore, although Yang Jian would challenge Yuzhang City every time, there were very few records of Yuzhang City actually accepting the challenge. It was less than one out of ten times.
Therefore, Yang Jian thought that his challenge this time would be as fruitless as before. After a habitual yell, he prepared to return to his celestial army and prepare to deploy troops to attack Yuzhang City. Suddenly, a devastatingly beautiful woman rose from the walls of Yuzhang City and stood opposite Yang Jian, facing him in the sky above Yuzhang City.
"Oh!
I didn't expect Yuzhang City to be so bold this time. They actually dare to send someone to fight me one-on-one. "Yang Jian's expression was a little surprised and a little disdainful.
"Hey!
Do you want to fight me, Yang Jian, one-on-one? "
Yang Jian narrowed his eyes and raised his chin. He spoke to Gu Xuanyuan in a condescending tone.
"That's right!
Could it be that Divine Erlang True Lord is afraid? "Gu Xuanyuan imitated him and her tone was just as disdainful.
"Oh!
Do you know the rules for fighting me one-on-one?
If you don't, you'd better ask your elders. Otherwise, you'll have to spend three years crying at my place, "Yang Jian mocked.
"Of course I do!" Gu Xuanyuan nodded and said.
"First, you are not allowed to send an Emperor Sword Swordmistress or an Emperor Sword wielder to fight you."
Gu Xuanyuan stated Yang Jian's first rule. Yang Jian was a Universe Level Yuan Kou. If he sent an Emperor Sword Swordmistress or an Emperor Sword wielder, Yang Jian would definitely lose. Therefore, there was nothing wrong with this rule.
"Second, you are not allowed to enter the emptiness. Whoever enters the emptiness will be considered the loser."
This was Yang Jian's second rule. Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, liked to fight to his heart's content. Moreover, once one side fell into the void and sincerely tried to stall for time, the battle would become devoid of passion. This was something Yang Jian deeply hated, so he took the initiative to propose this rule.
"Third, the sword wielder is not allowed to change Swordmistresses. Yang Jian is also not allowed to summon his Howling Celestial Dog to help."
This was the rule that Yang Jian and the sword wielder had proposed. If the sword wielder could change Swordmistresses, then the sword wielder could engage in an endless battle of attrition. As long as he used a low-level Swordmistress to stall for time, he could allow the Celestial Sword Swordmistress to recover a lot of protective shield energy. To Yang Jian, this was undoubtedly very disadvantageous.
Moreover, Yang Jian's Howling Celestial Dog was an Underworld Level Yuan Kou. If it fought with Yang Jian, it could greatly strengthen Yang Jian's fighting ability. This was something that the sword wielder could not accept. Therefore, both parties had come to this tacit agreement.