"Here they come!" Master Yan Gao said.
His eyes fell on the long-distance flying boat of Master Teng. He and Master Wang He's target was not all the sword cultivators, but Master Teng.
No matter how powerful he and Great Monk Wang He were, they were not sure they could defeat three great sword cultivators in their prime and hundreds of Nascent Soul sword cultivators.
It was Master Teng who was seriously injured and was their target.
As long as the great monk Teng is killed, the Baidi Sect will regain its dignity.
The Baidi Sect believed that Master Shi Dong was killed by the sword master of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion. Otherwise, who else in the Western Yan Continent would have the opportunity, ability, and motive to assassinate Master Shi Dong.
Only the sword cultivators from Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion would behave in this way.
They had surrounded and attacked Master Teng before, but he escaped. This time, they took advantage of Master Teng's serious injury to launch a surprise attack and kill him. This meant that the loss of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion was at least equal to that of Baidi Sect in terms of the number of master monks.
Besides, the relationship with Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion has been completely torn apart, and the war has escalated to the level of great monks.
Now Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion is in a strategic retreat. Once Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion is ready, the next war with Baidi Sect will be the most brutal.
Only the great monk Yan Gao knew the extent of the losses suffered by the Baidi Sect.
The war with Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion caused the Baidi Sect to lose more than 60% of its management-savvy Nascent Soul cultivators, as well as a small number of combat-type Nascent Soul cultivators.
The Baidi Sect is feeling overwhelmed with its current sphere of influence. Without enough Nascent Soul cultivators to participate in management and guarding, problems will definitely arise over time.
In addition, the large-scale loss of combat-type Nascent Soul cultivators will also reveal huge hidden dangers in the years to come.
The most important thing is reputation. Fighting against Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion at the early and middle Nascent Soul levels is not a big deal even if some Nascent Soul cultivators are lost.
However, ever since Great Monk Shi Dong was seriously injured without even taking a single sword strike from Great Monk Teng, this dealt a huge blow to the reputation of the Baidi Sect.
This is because the outside world is unaware of the death of Great Monk Shi Dong, otherwise the blow to the reputation of the Baidi Sect would be even greater.
Previously, the great monks from the Baidi Sect and the Yuqing Sect surrounded and killed the great monk Teng, and did not survive. This also affected the reputation of the Baidi Sect, and even the Yuqing Sect was affected as a result.
The alliance between Great Monk Yan Gao and Great Monk Wang He is aimed at restoring their reputation.
The two great monks stared at Monk Teng's flying boat. They only had one chance to attack. If they couldn't defeat Monk Teng in one attack, they would flee far away.
Once they were besieged by a large number of sword cultivators, even if the two of them were the top cultivators, there was no guarantee that they would be able to escape unscathed.
Li Yuanba did not stay in the room. He did not want to spend the entire voyage this time on alchemy like the last time he came.
He wanted to see the ocean and meet the powerful spiritual beasts in it.
He had just left the Western Yan Continent and was still full of interest. He believed that after a while, he would lose interest in the monotonous scenery of the ocean.
He had been keeping his 'Divine Eyes' on, but unfortunately the long-distance flying boats of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion were sailing on a route where there were almost no powerful spirit beasts. Even if they were not on the route, with four great sword cultivators on the four long-distance flying boats, the powerful spirit beasts would be scared away just by sensing their aura.
He changed his way of observation and used the 'Divine Eyes' to observe the water spiritual energy in the ocean.
In his opinion, if he could find a place in the ocean where the water was rich in spiritual energy, there might be spiritual veins or treasures there.
Of course, this was just a boring attempt on his part. It was difficult to search for spiritual objects in the ocean, let alone treasures.
There are many spiritual creatures in the ocean, but the ocean is too large. If you don’t have water talent, it is extremely difficult to search for spiritual creatures in the water.
And cultivators with water talents will only search for marine resources near the coast. Entering the deep sea to search for resources means competing with the spirit beasts for resources, which the spirit beasts will never allow.
"Hey, is there a spiritual beast hiding there?" Li Yuanba's 'Divine Vision' discovered that there was something wrong with the water spiritual energy in an area ahead, and he whispered to himself.
That area is exactly where the long-distance flying boat passes, and is also on the route of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion.
He immediately became alert. Although his 'Divine Vision' could not detect what was wrong there, the abnormality in the water-based spiritual energy showed that there was a problem there.
"Uncle Master Lou, something is wrong there!" Li Yuanba contacted Master Lou and reported.
Great Monk Lou looked towards the area that he was approaching quickly. He did not have the "divine vision" and could not observe any abnormalities in the water spirit energy that were beyond the range of his divine sense.
But he still had some faith in Li Yuanba. He waved his hand, and his natal flying sword flew out of his body. A fiery red sword light flew towards that area.
Li Yuanba looked at the sword light and couldn't help but feel deeply envious.
Generally speaking, the attack distance of Nascent Soul cultivators is within the range of their spiritual awareness, and some long-range attacks are like using bows and arrows as magic weapons.
But what Master Lou displayed was his own sword light, which was the energy of the fusion of the sword intent of his innate flying sword and spiritual power. The attack distance of the sword light was normally within the range of spiritual consciousness, but Master Lou could use the sword light to make ultra-long-range attacks.
The attack he launched also alerted the sword cultivators on the other three long-distance flying boats.
They all slowed down the speed of the flying boat and checked vigilantly to see what happened.
Li Yuanba was also worried that he might make a mistake, but he had not yet left the Western Yan Continent too far. If he found something wrong and did not speak out, he would be irresponsible to all sword practitioners.
He possesses the "divine eyesight", and can be said to be the best scout in the world of immortal cultivation, able to discover distant situations that many great cultivators cannot discover.
Especially in this kind of environment where there is a single water-based spiritual energy, the changes in the single spiritual energy are particularly obvious and are particularly easy to be discovered by the "Divine Eyes".
On the contrary, if there are multiple kinds of spiritual energy on land, even if the spiritual energy is a little abnormal, it is difficult to observe it from a distance through the "Divine Eyes".
Great Monk Yan Gao and Great Monk Wang He did not expect that even though they hid so well, they were still discovered in advance.
They didn't care about the sword light from Master Lou. What they cared about was that they were discovered in advance and their plan went wrong.
"Kill Teng Wei first!" said Master Yan Gao in a deep voice.
He was used to working together with Great Monk Wang He. He emitted an ochre-colored light to block the sword light, and then the two monks rushed towards Great Monk Teng's long-distance flying boat.
They were moving extremely fast, and with the distance between the four long-distance flying boats, they were confident that they could eliminate Master Teng before the other three great sword masters came to siege them.
Originally, according to their plan, if they could hide their bodies, they could wait until Master Teng's flying boat got closer before taking action, which would have been more effective.
"It's Yan Gao and Wang He, kill them!" Master Lou recognized Master Yan Gao and Master Wang He, and he shouted.
He also knew the horror that would follow the contact between Great Monk Yan Gao and Great Monk Wang He. He did not leave the long-distance flying boat, but instead sent out his spiritual consciousness to issue instructions to every Nascent Soul sword cultivator in the long-distance flying boat.
Li Yuanba also received instructions from Master Lou, which required him to borrow his spiritual power and sword intent.
This is a combined attack technique, which gathers the spiritual power and sword intent of all Nascent Soul sword cultivators to Master Lou. Master Lou will then blend the gathered spiritual power and sword intent to form a powerful attack.
The most troublesome thing is the mixing of spiritual power, but the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion is one of the few super powers in the world of immortal cultivation where all the sword cultivators practice the same technique. All the sword cultivators in the pavilion practice the 'Sword Intent Chongxiao Jue', the only difference is the amount of content of the 'Sword Intent Chongxiao Jue' taught.
It is the practice of unified skills that makes the nature of spiritual power exactly the same, which makes it easier to integrate spiritual power, while sword intent is an auxiliary means to increase the power of spiritual power attacks.
Not only Master Lou used the combined attack technique, the sword masters on the other long-distance flying boats were also doing the same thing.
Great Monk Yan Gao and Great Monk Wang He arrived at a distance where they could attack Great Monk Teng at an extremely fast speed, but something unexpected happened to them: Great Monk Teng's aura rose, and a giant energy sword that used a combined attack technique to gather the spiritual power and sword intent of more than a hundred Nascent Soul sword practitioners appeared in the sky above the long-distance flying boat.
“Kill!” Master Teng shouted, without a trace of weakness from serious injuries in his voice.
"Teng Wei's injury has healed!" Great Monk Yan Gao felt puzzled. Although he and Great Monk Wang He had doubts in their hearts, they still attacked Great Monk Teng.
On one side was the all-out attack of two top monks, and on the other side was the combined force of more than a hundred Nascent Soul sword cultivators gathered by Monk Teng.
The three attacks collided in the air. The combined force of more than a hundred Nascent Soul sword cultivators did not gain any advantage. Instead, there was a possibility of being defeated.
But he still managed to resist the attacks from Great Monk Yan Gao and Great Monk Wang He. The two of them only had one chance to attack. If they wanted to attack again, they would be besieged by the other three great monks.
Without any hesitation, Master Wang He retreated first. Master Yan Gao still wanted to try again, but when he saw Master Wang He retreat, he could only retreat helplessly.
Great Monk Wang He came to help, it is impossible for him to risk his life for the Baidi Sect. At least the Baidi Sect did not offer the price to make him die.
He did what was agreed upon in advance. As for whether he could succeed, that was up to the Baidi Sect.
Master Lou wanted to give chase, but he also understood that he could not defeat these two top masters by himself, even with the help of three other sword masters.
You must know that Master Teng’s injuries have not healed, and his combat power is only about 70% left. It is too dangerous to fight with a top master.
The reason why Great Monk Yan Gao and Great Monk Wang He were scared away was due to the power of the combined attack technique. The combined attack technique performed by the Great Monk Sword Cultivator and more than a hundred Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators on their respective long-distance flying boats even exceeded the attack power of the two top great monks.
Only Master Teng was unable to unleash the full power of the combined attack technique due to his injuries, but he was able to withstand the full force attacks of two top masters, which shows how powerful the combined attack technique is.
"What happened to the Baidi Sect that would make them retaliate so crazily?" Great Monk Lou noticed something was wrong and couldn't help but ask.
From the moment the Baidi Sect suddenly cooperated with the Yuqing Sect to besiege the great monk Teng, all kinds of strange things began to appear.
Li Yuanba guessed the reason in his mind, probably because the great monk Shi Dong was killed by him.
But he couldn't say it out loud. It was too strange and unbelievable that a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul killed a well-known cultivator from a super power like Master Shi Dong.
He didn't want to become famous because of this kind of thing, nor did he want to be targeted by the Baidi Sect because of it.
His troubles are big enough now. Look at how the Baidi Sect has sent out great monks to hunt him down in order to deal with him. If you add the fact that he killed the great monk Shi Dong, he even doubts whether the Baidi Sect will send out great monks to assassinate him.
Master Teng controlled the long-distance flying boat to fly over and connected with Master Lou's long-distance flying boat.
He came to this flying boat. He came here to express his gratitude.
"Brother Lou, thank you for your reminder!" As soon as he saw Master Lou, he smiled and bowed to express his gratitude.
His injuries had not healed yet. If he were to be ambushed by Great Monk Yan Gao and Great Monk Wang He, he would not only die on the spot, but he would definitely be seriously injured again.
“Brother Teng, you are thanking the wrong person. This was the anomaly that Master Li discovered first. I just gave it a try. I didn’t expect Yan Gao and Wang He to be so shameless as to ambush on the ocean route!” Master Lou quickly returned the greeting and explained.
"I owe Master Li more and more favors. I will thank Master Li when I return to the pavilion!" Master Teng nodded to Li Yuanba and said.
If it was Master Lou who reminded him, he would just need to thank Master Lou.
But this was Li Yuanba's reminder that this favor, plus the previous treatment, could not be repaid with emotion.
Not thanking for a great favor does not mean not repaying it, but that he cannot repay it with words of thanks. He has already thought about it and will prepare some more gifts to thank Li Yuanba when he returns.
In the subsequent voyage, the four long-distance flying boats no longer separated too far from each other, but maintained a combat readiness distance.
The four great sword masters did not rest and remained on alert.
However, in the Western Yan Continent, the news of the death of Master Shi Dong still spread.
The death of Master Shi Dong would be difficult to conceal even if the Baidi Sect wanted to.
The main reason is that a great monk is involved in too many interests. There are a large number of monks behind the great monk. These monks manage resources for the great monk and also do things in the name of the great monk.
Once a great monk dies, the large amount of resources he occupied will be divided up by other great monks. The benefits involved are simply too great.
Even if the Baidi Sect wanted to suppress the death of Great Monk Shi Dong, the interests of Great Monk Shi Dong cannot be suppressed at all. If you don't fight for so many interests, there will be other great monks who will fight for them.
When the other monks discovered that the interests belonging to Great Monk Shi Dong were divided up, how could they not know that Great Monk Shi Dong had already fallen?