Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 260 – Bitter struggle

Chapter 260 – Bitter struggle

Apart from the Sword Sect being besieged, every sect that came to the Land of Sealing Demons was ambushed by the demonic sect without exception.

The Land of Sealing Demons is vast, located at the very center of the four provinces. Sects from the northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest corners all came to provide support.

Every righteous sect from each province was not spared and was caught in the ambush.

Taking advantage of the loosening seals in the Land of Sealing Demons, hidden dangers lurked, waiting for the right moment to strike, aiming to eliminate all elite disciples and living forces of the righteous sects one by one.

This meticulously planned operation by the demonic sect was clearly intended to significantly weaken the righteous sects, far beyond mere revenge.

Moreover, the seals in the Land of Sealing Demons were becoming increasingly loose, with demonic energy continuously emerging from the ground.

Evil creatures flew out from the seal's entrance, either escaping the Land of Sealing Demons to wreak havoc on the world or taking the opportunity to retaliate against the righteous sects.

The inner temple disciples and elders from each sect who came to support were all caught in a bitter struggle simultaneously.

Cultivators kept falling, killed, their blood staining the sky, turning into lifeless corpses.

Although the elders of each sect tried their best to rescue their disciples, they were blocked by experts from the demonic sects, unable to spare themselves.

At this moment, Elder Tianjian was entangled by two late-Enlightenment Realm demonic cultivators, leaving him no time to care for the sect's disciples. He could only hope that Chu Tianhan could lead the junior brothers and sisters through this crisis.

The battle continued, but the situation had already shifted in favor of the demonic sect.

The number of righteous disciples killed and injured kept increasing. Across the four provinces, over ten thousand righteous cultivators had been slain, and even some sect elders had fallen.

This catastrophe was exactly as Lin Jichen remembered.

The strength of the righteous sects was greatly diminished, their vitality severely damaged, while the demonic sect rose to power, plunging the Tale of Immortal into an era of chaos.

The Tianyan Sword Sect was also retreating step by step.

Chu Tianhan was being held back by Luo Muxian, unable to spare any attention to others. Although the other disciples were also quite strong, they couldn't withstand the well-prepared attack from the demonic sect.

The Shadow Soul Hall would never fight an uncertain battle; those who came were all experts, including many outer and branch hall elders.

The Sword Sect disciples were no match, naturally suffering heavy losses.

In just an hour, over a hundred inner temple disciples had fallen.

More and more disciples were injured, some even severely.

A sense of despair gradually enveloped every disciple's heart.

Facing the endless and powerful demonic cultivators, everyone felt a surge of helplessness.

Nangong Yue was also struggling at this moment, facing two mid-Golden Core demonic cultivators alone, fighting with great difficulty.

Wounds began to appear on her body, a long cut on her pristine white wrist, bleeding profusely, staining her clothes red.

However, Nangong Yue showed no sign of retreat, still fighting valiantly with her sword, eventually killing one and severely injuring another, achieving victory.

But after the battle, she was too exhausted to continue fighting, having to hide behind the other disciples to quickly take medicine and recover from her injuries.

As time passed, more Sword Sect disciples were killed or injured, and there was a trend of defeat.

Chu Tianhan still couldn't overcome Luo Muxian, even though sword cultivators were generally stronger than other professions.

But Luo Muxian's methods were bizarre and highly persuasive, often affecting Chu Tianhan's state of mind with just a few words, creating the most favorable conditions for her attacks.

As a result, Chu Tianhan not only failed to gain any advantage but was forced to switch from offense to defense.

With the Grand Elder being besieged and Senior Brother unable to deal with the female demon, the Sword Sect disciples felt increasingly hopeless.

Moreover, the screams of disciples from other sects in the distance further shattered everyone's fighting spirit.

The Sword Sect was on the verge of collapse.

"All disciples, don't panic! Follow me and fight back!"

Suddenly, a deep voice rang out.

A golden eagle flew in from afar, with a white-haired old man standing on its back. With a flick of his fingers, countless sword shadows flew out from behind him, sword qi sweeping across!

Charging into the crowd, the demonic cultivators from the Shadow Soul Hall screamed in agony, falling from the sky.

Seeing this scene, all the Sword Sect disciples were greatly shaken!

"It's the Grand Elder of Tianyuan!"

"Great! Elder Tianyuan has come to save us!"

"There's hope now."

"Quick, everyone, fight with all your might and kill these damned demonic cultivators!"

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The appearance of Elder Tianyuan greatly alleviated the Sword Sect's imminent collapse, pulling them back from the brink of despair.

Although Elder Tianyuan was primarily focused on raising spirit beasts and monsters, his strength had already reached the Enlightenment Realm.

Of course, he wasn't as powerful as Elder Tianjian, but the addition of an Enlightenment Realm helper brought a drastic change to the battlefield.

Once Elder Tianyuan entered the battlefield, he targeted the experts of the Shadow Soul Hall.

Anyone below the Enlightenment Realm couldn't gain any advantage against him.

The demonic cultivators of the Shadow Soul Hall were now a bit panicked; they hadn't expected the Sword Sect's reinforcements to arrive so quickly.

Logically, none of the major sects should have known about this by now.

They had intended to take this opportunity to ambush and then break the seal of the Land of Sealing Demons, releasing the evil creatures below to trouble the righteous sects.

Just as Elder Tianyuan was slaughtering the demonic cultivators of the Shadow Soul Hall, another figure in a black robe appeared, engaging Elder Tianyuan in battle.

"Haha, Nangong Yuan, after all these years, you're still at this level, without any progress."

Seeing the newcomer, Elder Tianyuan snorted coldly, "Shadow Demon, you're here too? It seems the Shadow Soul Hall has come out in full force."

"Haha, not quite. If the entire Shadow Soul Hall were to attack, the top experts of your righteous sects would surely sense it. So, to avoid alerting you, we didn't bring many, but it's more than enough to deal with you."

"Ridiculous, let's see about that!"

With that, Elder Tianyuan engaged in battle with the Shadow Demon.

The Sword Sect disciples suddenly felt their support was gone again. Elder Tianyuan had come, but the enemy had hidden other experts.

Seeing both Grand Elders being held back, the Sword Sect disciples fell into crisis once more, with despair looming again.

A few disciples even lost their will to fight.

Boom!

A loud noise erupted, and a rain of swords filled the sky, forming a formation that surrounded several Shadow Soul Hall disciples below, shredding them with sword rain!

Blade Storm!

Everyone looked up to see the golden eagle diving down, with a figure in white standing gracefully on its back.

It was none other than Lin Jichen!

"Do you even deserve to be Sword Sect disciples? Facing such a minor setback, you cower and only rely on the elders to clean up after you? You're all useless! Raise your swords and kill!"

Lin Jichen scolded the demoralized disciples harshly and then led by example, charging towards several Crystal Realm demonic cultivators!

Three Crystal Realm demonic cultivators fell under Lin Jichen's sword in the blink of an eye.

He then provoked an early-Golden Elixir demonic cultivator, and with a flurry of sword moves, killed him too!

All the disciples were astonished!