Many families and sects saw through the crux of the matter, and some people colluded in secret. While Su Lin led some Tian Shu cultivators and combat forces out to fight, two large sects took a detour and attacked outside the Xiao Yun Temple!
While he is still weak, wipe out his entire family!
We will not give him a chance to breathe; we will make sure that Master Su cannot attend to both ends!
It must be said that even among non-immortal sect forces, there are clever people. This move was very vicious, at least catching Xiaoyun Temple off guard.
Yes, that's how it seems on the surface.
In this battle, Xiaoyun Temple was forced to rely on its sect-protecting formation, maintaining its operation by having all its members present, and adopted the same fighting style as Wanfa Qiankun Pavilion at this moment.
Attack the enemy's stronghold, is that it?
Alright, let's cower and not fight!
Xiaoyun Temple itself has a strong foundation. The method of its protective formation is said to be derived from a part of the inheritance of Tianya Mountain. Although it cannot be compared with it, it is by no means easy to be broken by non-immortal sect forces.
Admittedly, this protective formation is not invincible; given enough time, it can be broken down sooner or later.
But the question is... will Su Lin give him time?
Of course they wouldn't give it to them!
Upon learning the news, Su Lin immediately attempted to lead the army of cultivators to evacuate and provide assistance to the mountain sect.
Unexpectedly, these large sects had been secretly in contact. The day after Su Lin left, the large sect that had been besieged by Su Lin released its protective formation and led its elite forces to chase after Su Lin!
Their objective was clear: to take advantage of Su Lin's return to reinforce the area and attack his rear! They aimed to form a pincer movement with their allies, ensuring Su Lin's demise outside the mountain gate!
Once the sect leader of Xiaoyun Temple dies, and most of its fighting force outside is also wiped out, the remaining Xiaoyun Temple will be useless even if it stays hidden and cannot stir up any new waves.
But to everyone's surprise, Su Lin didn't leave!
"Breaking news! Abbot Su ambushed the army of disciples from the Immortal Inquiry Manor five hundred miles away, severely damaging them! Over two hundred thousand were killed in a single battle, leaving them with no elite forces left!"
"How is this possible?! Didn't the army of Xiaoyun Temple return to reinforce a thousand miles away long ago?! What kind of supernatural power did Su Lin use to be able to hide from so many cultivators' pursuit?"
"It's not supernatural power, but a strategy of dividing forces! Su Lin is luring the enemy deep into his territory; his real target is to kill the released members of [Wenxian Manor]!"
By the time the news spread throughout the land, Su Lin had already led his team to close in on the mountain gate.
Without any attempt to conceal their presence, they arrived with their massive army, brimming with the awe-inspiring morale following their great victory!
This is the spirit of "burning the boats and taking the plunge"!
It is a death wish to preserve the sect!
I'm back!
We've decided to fight to the last man!
The two sects besieging Xiaoyun Temple were shocked, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. In just two or three days, they went from being the dominant force to being the one being attacked from both sides.
In the end, we're the ones who neglected both the beginning and the end?!
Morale was low in both groups, and they were divided on their decisions; one group wanted to retreat, while the other wanted to fight.
Ultimately, the powerful cultivators of both sects decided to preserve their strength and hastily withdrew their troops, thus avoiding the desperate situation of being attacked from both sides by Su Lin on the main battlefield.
Thus, Xiaoyun Temple achieved a miracle of defeating a superior force with a smaller one!
However, after the full story was revealed, the major sects were shocked and marveled at Su Lin's wisdom.
To be honest, this is nothing at all.
It was nothing more than using some military tactics, adapting to local conditions.
However, the cultivators in this world are focused on cultivating the Dao and have enjoyed peace for too long, so they don't know anything about military strategy.
After the battle, the morale of Xiaoyun Temple was greatly boosted!
Su Lin demonstrated his strength to all sects under heaven with extremely skillful means, deterring many restless individuals from making rash moves.
However, some sects were not convinced and secretly studied how to break Su Lin's method: they found that there were still too few sects that were united and connected with each other!
While there are geographical and distance limitations between large sects, if the planning had been done earlier, and more large sects had been contacted to attack Xiaoyun Temple, and if the larger sects that were farther away had been sent to join the battle in advance, even if Su Lin were a god descending to earth, he would have been powerless to turn the tide.
But by the time everyone figured out the flavor, it was too late.
One new message after another kept coming in! They were all related to Xiaoyun Temple!
"Su Lin has struck again! After driving away the formidable enemy, he didn't stop at all and launched a counterattack against [Wenxian Manor]! Three days of bloody battle! He wiped out their entire family!"
"He didn't even consume the spoils of war; instead, he turned and headed towards another large sect with his great victory! He wanted revenge!"
"Seven days of bloody battle! Xiaoyun Temple achieves another great victory! They broke through the great formation and destroyed another sect!"
"At this point, within a radius of five thousand miles, no major sect can pose a threat to Xiaoyun Temple!"
These messages kept coming in, leaving people shocked and filled with despair!
While those with ulterior motives were still making close contact with the major sects, Su Lin swiftly wiped out the two initial sects that had participated in the war, and destroyed the two largest sects closest to him!
Moreover, Su Lin only wanted the family's resources and profits from the massacre; he didn't care about territory at all!
This is tantamount to creating a vacuum zone under the jurisdiction of cultivation forces within a radius of thousands of miles around Xiaoyun Temple!
If any sect attacks again, regardless of which direction they enter from, they must be wary of whether Xiaoyun Temple has set up an array here, or whether Su Lin is still setting up an ambush.
Su Lin's actions were so swift and decisive that the cultivators who heard the news felt as if it were a bolt of lightning, so fast that they couldn't react!
Now a question has been presented to some people with ulterior motives: should they continue to develop Xiaoyun Temple?
If the fighting continues, there are no large sects nearby near Xiaoyun Temple now. Any military campaign will be a long-range battle. Even if the cultivators of each sect have supernatural abilities, it will be difficult to achieve a surprise attack when the distance exceeds a thousand miles.
If we don't continue fighting, are we just going to let our losses escalate? Are we going to let ourselves gain nothing and just let Xiaoyun Temple benefit for nothing?
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