Chapter 256 – Delay

Ten miles away, all sorts of spells and spirit arts erupted in different colors that dyed half of the sky. The deafening explosions and earth-shaking momentum did not mean that the attack on the Opening Spirit School stronghold had reached its climax.

And at this time, above Sunset Ridge’s Pass, under the command of the third team’s team’s chief, Liu Zhifei, the nine members were rushing forward and backward while the tracks of the other members of the team had disappeared one by one. The only thing that could be heard in the entire Sunset Ridge was Liu Zhifei’s enraged roar.

But right at this time, the first group of reinforcements rushed over from afar in a hurry towards the Sunset Ridge. It was actually a Sirius Gate reinforcements team from the Ling Zhang County!

“Watch out!”

Liu Zhifei roared out loud. The third team members who were busying themselves around Sunset Ridge immediately got into formation, and faced the group of Sirius on the basis of their high ground position. However, Yang Junshan was nowhere to be seen among the group of ten.

“Senior Martial Brother Fan, should we rush over? The other side only has a group of people. They might not be able to stop us!”

A Sirius Gate cultivator asked behind the leader of the group in a low voice.

Senior Martial Brother Fan lightly laughed and said: “What are you so anxious about!”

The Sirius Gate cultivator was puzzled. “But didn’t Martial Uncle Lang Gu want us to quickly go to reinforcements at all costs?”

Senior Martial Brother Fan glanced back in dissatisfaction, but the Sirius Gate cultivator immediately stopped and heard Senior Martial Brother Fan say: “That was just Martial Uncle doing it in front of the envoy from Huyao County. Do you really believe me?”

Senior Martial Brother Fan paused before saying: “Right now the enemy and I are equally strong, but don’t forget that the other side is just waiting and taking advantage of the situation. If we just rush over like this we would suffer too much, and the strongholds are all from the Opening Spirit School, so what does that have to do with us? Do we need to risk our lives to save them?”

“Then …” The cultivator looked at Senior Martial Brother Fan and cautiously asked, “When are we going to wait?”

Senior Martial Brother Fan lightly smiled and said: “I heard that there are six teams surrounding the Opening Spirit School’s stronghold. Who do you think will be the one who is truly worried? “Our team is only the closest to the defense line, so other teams will be here soon. At that time, wouldn’t it be better to join forces with the other teams and easily crush them?”

“Senior Martial Brother Fan is wise!”

Liu Zhifei saw that this Sirius Gate team had actually stopped in their tracks, and for a moment, he did not know what to do. According to his original plan, once the other patrolling cultivators that the other side was reinforcements on started fighting with them, the other two small teams that were lying in ambush on both sides would seize the opportunity to surround and attack them from two sides, cutting off their retreat.

At least before the new reinforcements arrived, they would either annihilate or severely injure a small team. This would certainly give the new arrivals a shock, and at the same time, it would weaken the reinforcement by a certain degree, more importantly, it would delay the time for Yang Junshan to set up an array to buy time. It would also buy time for the six squads that were surrounding the stronghold.

However, the other party had stopped aelatively safe distance. If Liu Zhifei’s team took the initiative at this time and their opponents or retreat took the initiative, it would not be easy for them to obtain victory.

Sha Zhi Hong moved closer and said, “Senior brother Liu, I was just saying that Little Yang is unreliable. What do you think we should do now? We can’t drag this on any longer. How about we rush up right now, even if we scare them off!”

Liu Zhifei shot a glance at the fellow, and upon hearing that, Luo Bingkun mocked him: “I didn’t hear you say that Xiao Yang’s method was unreliable either, if I knew earlier, would you have said so?”

However, Liu Zhifei’s ears suddenly twitched and he said to Sha Zhi Hong: “Xiao Sha, go, find them to fight alone with their generals!”

“Huh?” Sha Zhihong was dumbfounded, as if his ears had misheard.

Luo Bingkun could not hold back and laughed. Ning Ran, who was at the side, had a good expression, and laughed: “This is a good way to stall for time, I think that the other party might not be able to determine the truth and will not easily push them over. I am afraid that they are also thinking of delaying for time and waiting for other reinforcements!”

Seeing Sha Zhi Hong’s pale face, Ning Ran couldn’t help but treat him lightly, but he still laughed: “Little Sha, don’t panic, it’s not like I want you to fight alone against the entire team, when the border patrol cultivators are at loggerheads, it’s not just once or twice, the other side knows the rules, so you just have to go up and challenge them, as long as the opponent agrees, they will send someone with similar cultivation to you.”

Saying that, Ning Ran saw that he was still hesitating, so he prodded him: “Xiao Sha, don’t tell me you don’t even have the confidence to fight an opponent of the same cultivation level as you, right?”

“Then, then I’ll go, then I’ll go!”

Sha Zhi Hong calmed himself down, recalling how Liu Zhifei had just suggested that he fight against a general with a change in expression. It was obvious that someone had secretly given him this idea, without question, that person was most likely Yang Junshan who was hiding behind a mountain and setting up an array. This little fellow, it was simply revenge!

His squad was stuck in a deadlock here. Although he was not keen on going to rescue the Opening Spirit School’s stronghold, he could not let anyone find any clues. The other party’s choice of a general gave him an excuse to stall for time.

In an instant, the scene became so intense that it attracted everyone’s attention, while Yang Junshan, who was setting up the formation behind the Sunset Ridge’s Pass, took the opportunity to intensify the formation. The battle in front of the barrier caused the spirit energy in the vicinity to roil, and it indirectly affected the scouting process of the cultivators. At this time, during the process of setting up the formation, he made some noise so that no one would be able to detect him.

The two people fighting on the stage originally wanted to buy each other time so they did not fight to the death. Aesult, they did not fight to the death, and once they used their techniques and abilities, it seemed as if they were going to cause an earth-shattering commotion, but in reality, both of them were not using their full strength, instead, the spectators on both sides were constantly cheering, as if they were watching a show.

After half an hour of battle, the two of them were still unable to determine the victor, but the two of them were not very strong, and at this time, a cloud of dust suddenly rose a few miles behind the Sirius Gate squad, and it was obvious that there were many people rushing towards them, and after a while, they arrived in front of a group of ten.

From afar, he heard someone from the team shout, “Brother Fan is in front of me, I am Zheng Qingyuan from Opening Spirit School’s 8th Squad!”

Hearing that reinforcements had arrived, Sha Zhi Hong, who was completely exhausted from the fight, was terrified. Although he was not at a disadvantage in the battle, he still turned around and ran back to his original formation.

When the Sirius Gate cultivator saw him, his confidence was boosted because of the help he had received. Seeing that his opponent had fled, he became even more courageous, and immediately gave chase, obviously wanting to kill Sha Zhi Hong.

Seeing that the cultivator was actually charging towards Heaven-Shaken Sect’s squad, the Sirius Gate team naturally wouldn’t allow their own sect’s cultivators to get into danger, so they also chased after him.

Senior Martial Brother Fan originally wanted to stop his side from taking the risk and attack, but seeing a group of Opening Spirit School cultivators rush over to reinforce him, he guessed that they would be even more anxious than he was. At this time charging forward would not only be able to earn him a favor, but also the Opening Spirit School’s forces would be able to rush over to support him and at that time, it would be the two groups of cultivators joining hands to attack a small unprepared group in the Heaven-Shaken Sect, not only would they be able to easily break through the obstructions, they might even be able to kill a few Heaven-Shaken Sect cultivators.

The human head contribution rewards were not only being given to the Heaven-Shaken Sect, the Sirius Gate and the others also had similar rewards. This was alsesult of the constant conflicts between the three sides and the situation was getting more and more intense.

“Quick, save me!”

Sha Zhi Hong didn’t expect that his retreat would cause the entire Sky Wolf Team to rush towards him in pursuit. He was immediately scared pale, the Sky Wolf Fei Xiu behind him was still more than 30 meters away from him as he shouted for his party to save him.

“Charge up! We can’t let them cross the pass!”

Liu Zhifei was not afraid of the two small groups of cultivators charging towards him. With a loud roar, he took the lead and charged towards the Sirius Gate cultivators.

Although the other third team members knew that there waeam of their own cultivators on both sides, they had never truly participated in a large-scale battle, so when they were faced with the combined attacks of two small teams, they were a little apprehensive. Whether or not they could stall the two small teams at the same time, and at the same time guarantee their own safety, they felt a little apprehensive.

Senior Martial Brother Fan saw that Liu Zhifei was leading the charge and knew that other than him, no one else in his squad would be able to stop his charge. Thus, he had no choice but to rush forward to stop him.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhifei who was always fighting in the midst of the free-for-all battle was able to escape during his fight with Senior Martial Brother Fan this time. The copper hammer in his hand flew out and smashed the magic tools of the two Heavenly Wolf Squad members, but it actually surrounded the four of them in an instant.

“He’s simply courting death!”

When Senior Martial Brother Fan saw that the Opening Spirit School behind him had already caught up, and that Liu Zhifei was so arrogant, he could not help but let out a sinister laugh and used the Imperial Equipment to stab behind Liu Zhifei.

But the moment he made his move, he discovered in the corner of his eyes that three or four cultivators from the Heaven-Shaken Sect team had started to attack together. One of them had attacked two or three people consecutively, and he himself was trapped in the encirclement.

Senior Martial Brother Fan’s heart flashed with a bad feeling. Although the four opponents were immediately surrounded, they were able to stall the ten people on their side in one go. As for the remaining cultivators, they completely disregarded their companions and continued to chase after the ten cultivators of Opening Spirit School.