Back inside the defensive line, Chu Hongluan immediately sought out Liu Jinghong.
"How much spiritual power do you have left?"
"I used some Rejuvenation Pills before, and now I have less than 60% left."
"Would setting up a demon-subduing formation be enough?"
"If my junior sister asks, then it must be enough, whether it's not enough or not."
Chu Hongluan smiled, took his hand, and transferred a surge of powerful spiritual energy to him, quickly filling his spiritual palace to its fullest state.
Don't force yourself.
"The same words are for my junior sister."
Liu Jinghong's voice was low and somewhat somber: "It doesn't matter if these unrelated people die..."
Chu Hongluan paused for a moment, then pulled him down by the collar and gently rubbed his head: "Don't worry, I still have the strength. If you care about me, then protect yourself and don't get hurt. Because all the lives here combined are not as important as yours."
Young Master Liu's fair face flushed crimson once again, his Adam's apple bobbed, and his eyes sparkled, making him look incredibly alluring.
Chu Hongluan leaned in and quickly kissed the corner of his lips before pulling away.
"With a great battle imminent, senior brother, please do not corrupt my resolve."
The words were clearly extremely restrained, yet they unmistakably conveyed a lingering, poignant sentiment.
"Cough, cough!"
The elder of the Sword Sect coughed heavily a few times, trying to get Chu Hongluan's attention.
Chu Hongluan's eyebrows curved into a smile, the joy in her phoenix eyes impossible to hide, and she replied from afar, "You're here!"
He then turned and went back into the crowd.
The elder of the Sword Sect spoke somewhat embarrassedly:
"Ahem, it's not that I, an old man, want to disturb you young people's romance, but the fifth wave of beast tides is coming soon. Among all of us, you're the one with the most useful brain. So, I'll shamelessly ask you again, do you... have a solution to this predicament?"
Chu Hongluan sighed, hugged her knife, and leaned against the wall.
"It's not exactly a solution to break the deadlock, but it's a terrible idea that's best to just throw things out the window."
Seeing this, the elder of the Sword Sect quickly beckoned everyone over before solemnly bowing to her: "Elder Chu, please give your orders. If it fails, our fate is in our own hands."
Chu Hongluan had been waiting for him to say those words.
After all, she wasn't confident she could save everyone.
Don't blame her if someone dies or gets hurt.
Chu Hongluan cleared her throat and announced the good news first.
"I just found out that the next wave will be the last wave."
"Really!? We're finally going to make it through!?"
Chu Hongluan nodded, her words carrying a deeper meaning: "Therefore, feel free to use any of your best skills or backup plans. Because without a doubt, the last wave will be the most dangerous, with the total number of monsters perhaps ten or even a hundred times greater than before."
Upon hearing this, some of the younger disciples looked embarrassed.
Indeed, because they had no idea how many waves of monsters there would be, they used their spiritual power sparingly, their spirit-restoring pills sparingly, and their various consumable magical artifacts and talismans sparingly.
After all, in a situation where life is at stake, everyone is struggling to survive. If you are truly in danger, you can only rely on yourself. It's not a good idea to place all your hopes on others.
"Elder Chu is right to reprimand me."
"We will spare no effort this time, please rest assured, Elder Chu."
Chu Hongluan smiled but remained silent.
The elder of the Sword Sect was so anxious that he scratched his head and couldn't help but urge, "What is Elder Chu's plan?"
Instead of answering, Chu Hongluan asked, "Has anyone ever said that we can only stay in the courtyard?"
The elder of the Sword Sect was taken aback: "You mean...?"
Chu Hongluan's red lips slowly curved into a smile as she spoke: "If the fifth wave is destined to be a dead end, then my thought is: rather than sitting and waiting to be killed within the defensive lines, it's better to take the initiative..."
"hiss--"
Everyone was astonished by her boldness.
"Go out? Go outside the courtyard?"
"Exactly. Before the fifth wave of beasts can gather, we must find them first and defeat them in batches to break the deadlock."
"But...this is too risky!"
"Yeah yeah!"
Amidst a chorus of hesitant and timid voices, Ke Tinghe's booming voice stood out: "Me! Me! Me! I'm going! I want to go!"
A disciple of the Sword Pavilion glared at him fiercely, then turned his head and caught sight of the Jade Maiden Sect and Joyous Union Sect cultivators trapped in the halo. His eyes immediately lit up, as if he had found a plausible reason for his cowardly behavior:
"Are we really going to abandon our fellow Daoists from the Jade Maiden Sect and the Joyful Union Sect?! What if more demonic beasts come after us if we leave? This is absolutely not the act of a true hero!"
Chu Hongluan was amused: "You still care about this?"
After saying that, she turned her head and waved to Liu Jinghong from afar: "Senior brother! Is it all done?"
Liu Jinghong immediately returned a big smile: "Of course, with me on the job, one is worth two!"
"Then come here for a moment."
Liu Jinghong said "Oh" and obediently walked over and stood next to Chu Hongluan.
"Senior brother, where is the center of this demon-subduing formation you set up?"
"As you said, the array was set on the circle of light that trapped the Jade Maiden Sect and the Joyful Union Sect cultivators."
"Elder Chu means that there is an array protecting them, so we don't need to worry?"
“No.” Chu Hongluan shook her head. “What I mean is, they are the bait I plan to use to finish off the fifth wave. I won’t let them die easily.”
"......"
"Then, even if we take the initiative to attack, we don't know where the monster's lair is. How can we find it? Where do we even begin?"
Chu Hongluan smiled mysteriously and turned her gaze back to the group from the Jade Maiden Sect and the Joyful Union Sect.
"How could I not know? Look at their wounds, don't they look like they were torn apart by a monster?"
After Chu Hongluan pointed it out, everyone gasped in shock.
The monster's lair is on the fourth path!
Chu Hongluan stretched and said indifferently, "It's up to you whether you go or not. Anyway, my spatial bracelet is big enough to hold three people. My senior brother and I will each take one, and there will be one spot left. If you don't want to try to break the deadlock, you can just discuss it and see who you want to recommend to live."
"Don't say 'you,' they are them, and I am me. I've always been on your side!"
Koting immediately came out carrying a knife.
......
Okay, the last spot is gone.
Honestly, without Chu Hongluan, could they have survived on their own?
Come on, what do you mean by surviving? It's more like they've had enough of living.
Therefore, Chu Hongluan didn't even bother to discuss it with them. If they didn't cooperate, she would simply wash her hands of it and leave them to their fate.
"Let's go, we'll go too."
"I will obey Elder Chu's orders."
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