However, facts proved that what Lady Jiu Tian said was right. Two hundred thousand troops lined up to wait, forming the "Eight Desolations and Absolute Darkness" battle formation, which was extremely terrifying.

Fang Jian mobilized all the mighty forces including the Five Million Dusts, Taisu Mysterious Qi, Law Mysterious Qi, Space Mysterious Qi, etc., but it only caused Shangyuan City to shake a few times and killed more than a dozen soldiers who were setting up the formation.

However, the defense of Shangyuan City remained intact. Fang Jian and Jiu Tian Xuan Nu attacked twice with all their might, but their greatest achievement was killing more than 30 soldiers from the four countries.

At this moment, Fang Jian finally understood why there was an army in the Xiantian Wuji Realm. The superior battle formation in front of him, which was set up by 200,000 Daluo Jinxian soldiers, was no less solid than the defense formed by 20 powerful people in the Second Purity Realm.

However, Fang Jian and Jiu Tian Xuan Nu's innate treasures were both more inclined towards fighting, and their ability to attack formations was much weaker, so after two rounds of attacks without success, the two of them took the initiative to retreat.

"The army forming a battle formation is indeed powerful." Fang Jian said in surprise.

The Lady of the Nine Heavens said, "That's because the soldiers of the Xiantian Wuji Realm are all Daluo Jinxian. If I had a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers, I could break this city in a matter of days."

Fang Jian said regretfully, "It's a pity that the current Heavenly Court doesn't even have 30,000 Heavenly Soldiers."

The Lady of the Nine Heavens smiled and said, "Take your time. There's no need to rush. I already have a way to break the impasse."

"Oh?" Fang Jian looked at the Lady of the Nine Heavens, who slowly said three words: "Qingluo City."

Fang Jian's eyes suddenly widened. "Qingluo City? That's over 80,000 miles away from here, and there's also the Nieshui River in between."

Jiu Tian Xuan Nu glanced at the top of Shangyuan City, then said to Fang Jian, "Let's talk about it when we get back."

"Okay." Fang Jian nodded, and then the two of them led three thousand generals back to the military camp.

After the Heavenly Court withdrew its troops, the four great kings in Shangyuan City also breathed a sigh of relief. Although the 200,000-strong army withstood the two rounds of attacks from Fang Jian and Jiu Tian Xuan Nu without moving an finger, the two rounds of attacks directly consumed 2 million dust forces.

Even though the Eight Desolate Absolute Darkness Battle Formation they set up had its own 'Eight Desolate Absolute Darkness Formation', each battle formation needed to consume an additional 10,000 dust forces as a foundation when defending.

Therefore, Fang Jian and his duo consumed two million dust forces in just two rounds of attack. Although this number may seem small, what if there were ten such attacks in a day? That would be a total of ten million dust forces.

"Neither the Mountain Puppet Suppressing the Mountain nor the Five Spirits Mysterious Wind could stop the Heavenly Court." Daoist Master Yao Cheng's tone was already a little impatient. "Instead, these two Taoist spells were easily broken by the opponent. I have never fought such a frustrating battle!"

Daoist Master Taixu said, "Is it right or wrong to let the Heavenly Court and the Zong Kingdom merge?"

"Be careful with your words!" Daoist Taihua quickly said to Daoist Taixu, "This is the decree of the five regents."

Daoist Master Taixu sighed, but said nothing more. Daoist Master Si Tuan remained calm and said, "Although we are now on the defensive, we have contained the Heavenly Court to the Sili Prefecture, preventing it from expanding. As long as the siege continues for a long time, its power will naturally decline."

At this point, Daoist Master Si Tuan looked at the other three rulers and smiled, "This war has lasted for so long, and it's our Lingqi Dao Kingdom that has lost cities and territory. I'm not in a hurry, so the three Daoists should just be patient."

Daoist Master Yao Cheng said, "I'm not concerned about this, but this war was originally initiated by our four nations to attack the Zong Kingdom, but now it has turned into them attacking and us defending, and it has become such a big joke, it's really annoying."

"Indeed," said Daoist Master Taixu, "None of us could have anticipated the war turning out this way."

"But just as Daoist Master Si Tuan said, the merger of Heavenly Court and Zong Kingdom is a big disaster for our Daoist Court. We are here to block Heavenly Court so that it cannot expand and grow. This will be a great achievement for both Daoist Court and the Daoist Kingdoms. I believe that all countries are aware of this now." Daoist Master Tai Su said.

Daoist Master Yao Cheng nodded, then said disdainfully, "Why wouldn't Heavenly Court be shouting about something else? Saying that all beings are equal? ​​Are there any beings in the Xiantian Wuji Realm? No! In the Xiantian Wuji Realm, all beings start out as Daluo Jinxian. Who are the beings? If there's no strict hierarchy, who knows how much trouble these beings will cause."

Sentient beings? We, the mighty beings of the First and Second Clear Realms, have long transcended the realm of living beings. You're talking to me about sentient beings? Sorry, there are no sentient beings in the Xiantian Wuji Realm.

"Has there been any decree from the council table?" Taoist Taihua asked Taoist Si Tuan.

Daoist Master Si Tuan shook his head and said, "Since the last time, no decrees have been received from Yujing City."

Daoist Taihua nodded and said, "Then let's continue to hold our ground. As long as we can stop the Heavenly Court outside Shangyuan City, they will eventually collapse."

When the other three Dao Masters heard this, they all nodded.

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Elsewhere, inside the central tent of the Heavenly Army camp, Lady Jiu Tian Xuan Nu told Fang Jian her plan: "You take a thousand men and stay here to attract the attention of Shangyuan City. I will lead two thousand men to secretly cross the Nieshui River and head north to attack Qingluo City."

Fang Jian said, "Is this too risky?"

Jiu Tian Xuan Nu smiled and said, "Their army is all in Shangyuan City. It's impossible for Lingqi Dao Nation to mobilize more than 50,000 troops to support Qingluo City in such a short period of time. As long as we are swift and capture Qingluo City with lightning speed, we can break the deadlock."

Fang Jian said, "But Qingluo City is located in the heart of Lingqi Dao Nation. If the capital of Lingqi Dao Nation quickly dispatches a large army to reinforce you, and Shangyuan City also sends troops to cut off your retreat, you will be trapped in a dead end surrounded on all sides."

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