"According to the plan, we'll ask Frost, Jiandi, and Mr. Li Bai to attack together to eliminate Zu Wu's Xuan Ming. The rest of us will do our best to buy time for you!"
Seeing that the battle had begun, Ying Zheng didn't hesitate. He immediately spoke to Liunian Ling behind him. This was Ying Zheng's strategy.
Actually, Ying Zheng's strategy was very simple. He planned on killing them one by one. This was a flaw created by the twelve Zu Wu's spread out. Because the twelve Zu Wu's had surrounded Yuzhang City, every single Zu Wu's were pretty much all alone. The only ones who could support them were the two Zu Wu's.
So Ying Zheng's plan was to gather all of his forces to kill one Zu Wu … As long as there was one less Zu Wu, then the balance of the battle between the humans and Zu Wu's would be much more stable. That way, their chances of victory would increase by a lot.
However, this plan was too risky. If they weren't able to kill one Zu Wu's in a short amount of time, then the other Zu Wu's would come to support them. Then, the person who went to kill them would be heavily injured … In a situation where the humans only had three of them, the success rate of this plan wasn't higher than 1%.
But now, with the addition of Li Bai, the success rate of this plan had greatly increased. It was at least 10%. So Ying Zheng couldn't help but admit that Guhan had left a very important relationship with the humans.
"We understand. Brother Li Bai, let's do it together!"
Liunian Ling said to Li Bai. Li Bai naturally didn't have any objections. And so, the operation to kill Zu Wu's Xuan Ming began.
… …
Zu Wu's Xuan Ming was actually a very cold and elegant Zu Wu. With a head of snow white hair and a face like a snowy mountain, he was without a doubt the most attractive of all the Zu Wu's.
However, based on their battle experience, Zu Wu's Xuan Ming's specialty was area of effect freezing. His single target attacks weren't that strong, so this was the best opportunity for the humans to break through. Killing Zu Wu's Xuan Ming was the most likely target. Naturally, the humans wouldn't let this target go.
Therefore, Vibration Xuanming waved the Ice Staff in his hand and attacked the gap behind Yuzhang City's Dimensional Defense Wall with absolute zero cold air. Two dazzling sword lights instantly shot out of Yuzhang City and pounced toward the space between Grand Wizard Xuanming's eyebrows.
"Shield!"
Zu Wu's Xuan Ming's reaction was very fast. An Ice Shield instantly formed in front of him, trying to block this dazzling sword light.
If it was an ordinary sword light, it would have been blocked. However, the problem was that this was the full blow of two top existences. How could an ordinary Xuan Ming's Ice Shield withstand it? So, in an instant, the Ice Shield was shattered. The sword light heavily stabbed Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming was forced to take a few steps back to reduce the impact of the sword light. However, it was still too late.
Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming's Xuan Ming was besieged.
"I'm being besieged. Help me!"
Xuan Ming screamed. The two Xuan Ming's Zu Wu, Qiang Liang, and Dijiang immediately began to move closer to Xuan Ming's position, trying to support him.
However, how could the humans let these two Zu Wu's go to support him? Ying Zheng and Long Shi Jiandi each led 25 Immortal Sword Tier sword bearers or Universe Tier and Eon Tier Yuan Kou to face Qiang Liang and Dijiang.
They did not hope to defeat these two Zu Wu's. They only hoped to stall them and prevent them from supporting Xuan Ming. At this time, Xuan Ming's battlefield had reached its limit.
Liunian Ling used the Hundred Million Sword Spell of the Liunian Family without hesitation, while Li Bai used his Green Lotus Sword Technique to the extreme. Both of them had reached the peak of sword techniques and had comprehended the power of rules. Their individual strength was not weaker than Xuan Ming's. Therefore, they had the upper hand in this two-on-one situation. Xuan Ming was quickly beaten back. In less than three minutes, there were hundreds of bloody holes on his body. His aura was not as strong as before, and he was on the verge of collapse.
"Very good, hold on for another five minutes. In another five minutes, we can kill Xuan Ming!" Liunian Ling said excitedly. She seemed to see the dawn of victory.
"I don't think so. On the contrary, I think we should retreat!"
Li Bai shook his head. Liunian Ling looked to both sides and found that the other two Zu Wu's had approached the battlefield. The two groups of sword bearers who were resisting Qiang Liang and Dijiang had begun to retreat. In fact, when they saw the other two Zu Wu's appear and were about to join the battle, they kept retreating.
"Let's retreat. We can't fight anymore!"
Ying Zheng's decisive order rang in Liunian Ling's ears. Then, Ying Zheng and the two groups of blocking forces retreated directly into the dimensional barrier.
Liunian Ling looked regretfully at Xuan Ming, who was half-dead in front of her. Although she was unwilling, she knew that they couldn't fight anymore. In at most one minute, the other Zu Wu's would come to support them. If she and Li Bai didn't leave now, they would be surrounded by the Zu Wu's.
Therefore, Liunian Ling and Li Bai finally gave up on killing Xuan Ming and retreated into the dimensional barrier. This meant that the first beheading operation had failed.
Upon seeing Xuan Ming's unstable aura, the few Ancestral Sorcerers who came as reinforcements gave up a drop of Ancestral Sorcerer's Blood Essence without hesitation. With the help of the drop of Ancestral Sorcerer's Blood Essence, Xuan Ming instantly recovered. He even looked stronger than before and was harder to kill.
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"Everyone, there's no need to be depressed. I think this is a very good result. At least we know that our plan has a chance of success. If we can buy five more minutes, then our decapitation plan will succeed!"
After the operation was over, all the high-level sword-bearers gathered for a meeting. Ying Zheng encouraged them.
Upon hearing Ying Zheng's words, the originally gloomy atmosphere eased up a little. However, someone still sighed and said, "It's not easy to fight for another five minutes. It's already very difficult for us to hold off one Ancestral Sorcerer. Moreover, another Ancestral Sorcerer will come to support us every three minutes. If we drag this on for another five minutes, it means that we'll have to hold off three Ancestral Sorcerers in the end. This is simply impossible.
"You can hold off the attack of two Zu Wu's!"
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up when he heard this. He suddenly clenched his fist and said, "Very good. Then let's go and test it out. Let's see if we can hold off two Zu Wu's!"
Although they didn't understand what Ying Zheng was thinking, after all the sword-bearers recovered their sword essence and Yuan Kou recovered his dimensional power, they once again went out to battle. However, the purpose of this battle wasn't to kill the leader. It was to see if they had the ability to hold off two Zu Wu's.
The results proved that under the attack of two Zu Wu's, the human sword-bearers and Yuan Kou's were able to use their trump cards and the Sword Maiden's ultimate skill to hold off two Zu Wu's.
However, this also proved one point. That was, three Zu Wu's were not something the sword-bearers could hold off.
"That's enough, that's enough!"
Ying Zheng said confidently, "If we can hold off two Zu Wu's, then we can buy Frost Jiandi and Mr. Li Bai another three minutes of time. With these three minutes, our plan will definitely succeed!"
"That's impossible. I said that we need at least five more minutes. Do you understand? The two of us still need five more minutes!"
Frost Jiandi said through gritted teeth. Actually, five minutes was a number that Liunian Ling had forced herself to say. It required Liunian Ling to fight with her life on the line.
"No, three minutes is more than enough!"
Ying Zheng shook his head and turned to Liunian Ling, "For the next battle, Liunian Jiandi, don't use your Emperor Sword Maiden. Switch to the Three-Foot Sword!"
"What? Now is the time to use the Three-Foot Sword?" Liunian Ling exclaimed in disbelief.
"Of course, the Three-Foot Sword is our only chance to successfully kill him. Only by using the Three-Foot Sword can we kill Xuan Ming within three minutes!" Ying Zheng said coldly.
"Wait a minute, if Bai remembers correctly, isn't the Three-Foot Sword Maiden Miss Ling's Famed Sword Maiden?
Why don't you use an Emperor Sword Maiden and instead use a Famed Sword Maiden? "
Li Bai didn't understand. He hadn't been in this world for long, so he didn't know many of the secrets of humans.
"That's because the Three-Foot Sword is the Human Path Sword Maiden. It's also the only one out of all the sword-bearers who can use it!"
Bast, who had followed Zhe Tian Jiandi for many years, sighed and said.
"Human Path Sword Maiden!" Li Bai froze for a moment. In his mind, a bit of information about the Human Path Sword Maiden floated up.
"Could it be that it's the Sword Maiden that can gather the life force of all humans and unleash an unimaginably strong attack?" Li Bai muttered to himself.
"That's right. That's the Sword Maiden!"
Bast looked at Liunian Ling, who was hesitating. "If we use the Human Path Sword Maiden, we can kill Xuan Ming in three minutes. However, if we do that, I'm afraid all the humans in the city will have their lives shortened by a year."
"Alright, I'll use it!"
After a moment of hesitation, Liunian Ling made a difficult decision. She would agree to Ying Zheng's plan and use the Three-Foot Sword's power.
Although this might consume a year of the lifespan of 400 million people, on second thought, it was only a year of lifespan. If this could solve the predicament that humanity was facing and save all human lives, then what was a year of lifespan?!
"Very well. Lu Yin, go and mobilize the humans in the city. Ask them to make a wish to the Three-Foot Sword at the same time. Ask them to exchange their lives for the Three-Foot Sword's power!"
Ying Zheng said to Lu Yin, who was standing next to him. Lu Yin nodded and left to mobilize the humans.
If they wanted to use the Three-Foot Sword to use the power of humans, it was not enough to just rely on the sword-bearer's consent. They must receive the prayers of the common people. Therefore, before using the Three-Foot Sword, they had to mobilize the common people to offer themselves.
In the end, Liunian Ling put down her Emperor Sword, the Sword of Firmament, and grabbed the Three-Foot Sword, which she had not used for a long time. Together with the other sword-bearers, Yuan Kou, they rushed out of the dimensional barrier once again and launched the second decapitation operation against Xuan Ming, who had recovered his vitality.
The script was still the same as last time, but the sword in her hand had been changed. With a single thought from Liunian Ling, endless life force gathered in Liunian Ling's hand through mysterious meridians and into the body of the Three-Foot Sword.
"The power of humans is so powerful!" Liunian Ling could not help but exclaim in admiration when she felt the terrifying power in her hand.