Chapter 69: The Great Array of Protecting the Country

  "Who would have thought that Cao Pi was a hidden mastermind? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't be so angry with him!" Qin Lang cursed under his breath as he rushed straight into the main forces of the Heavenly Army.

  "Cao Pi, even if your cultivation is high, can you defeat the 100,000 heavenly soldiers?" Li Fei grasped his knife with both hands, looking up at Cao Pi who was standing in mid-air with a mixture of fear and awe, and shouted loudly.

  "Hmph!" Cao Pi was too lazy to say anything more, and after a brief fit of rage, he also calmed down. He knew that his plan had completely failed. If he wanted to leave, even 100,000 heavenly soldiers couldn't stop him. However, he absolutely couldn't let Qin Guang off the hook, that guy was really too despicable.

  Cao Pi let out a cold hum, his long sword quivering in his hand, the clothes on his body fluttering without wind, the sword tip pointing at Qin Guang, and flew over.

  "Stop him!" Li Fei shouted loudly, and instantly countless heavenly soldiers rushed towards Cao Pi. However, Cao Pi was flying in the air, so even though these heavenly soldiers had high cultivation levels, they could only jump around in mid-air to slightly block his path. Cao Pi showed no mercy, his palm-long sword slashing left and right, and immediately severed limbs and arms flew through the air as blood splattered everywhere.

  Watching his soldiers being slaughtered by Cao Pi, Li Fei's eyes turned red in an instant. He let out a loud shout and flew up, his large knife colliding with Cao Pi's long sword once again, bursting into sparks in the darkness. Li Fei retreated violently, but also blocked Cao Pi's figure from advancing. At the same time, more than ten figures flew up to surround Cao Pi in the middle, these people were all high-ranking experts within the Heavenly Army.

  Li Fei stepped forward again, facing Cao Pi in mid-air and shouted: "Cao Pi, even if I, Li Fei, risk my life today, I will keep you here."

  "Hmph, a group of ordinary people, dare to say that they will leave me behind!" Cao Pi disdainfully shouted, and threw the long sword in his hand out. The long sword left his hand, but instead of falling to the ground, it flew around Cao Pi as if it had grown wings. This scene caused Li Fei and others' eyes to freeze once again.

  "Imperial sword? Is Cao Pi a cultivator?" Li Fei's face changed greatly, and his tone was surprisingly tinged with panic.

  Mo Gu Yun and others were the same, if just now everyone still wanted to use numbers to win, they would have left Cao Pi behind, but at this moment, there was not much confidence. Because they found out that Cao Pi was actually a cultivator.

  "Haha, now you know. Even an ordinary person like me can rival the sun and moon. Today, I'll let you experience the power of my imperial sword technique." As Cao Pi finished speaking, he placed his hands on his chest and formed a few mysterious hand seals. The long sword flying in mid-air suddenly seemed to come alive, emitting a series of buzzing sounds as it swooped towards Li Fei and the others.

  Li Fei and the others suddenly felt a tightening in their hearts, at this moment they could no longer care about formation, they could only desperately defend against the long sword that was like a spiritual snake. And that flying sword, at this moment it was as if it had transformed into dozens of swords, flying back and forth in the air, almost simultaneously attacking everyone who was flying in the air, every sword aimed at their vitals, making it difficult for them to parry.

  Mo Gu Yun held a golden long spear, horizontal and straight stabbing, but also barely defended himself, with no time to spare to support others. He blocked the long sword that was about to strike again, and Mo Gu Yun transmitted his voice to Li Fei.

  "General Li, if we continue like this, we will be worn out to death by Cao Pi!" Mo Gu Yun said anxiously.

  "Hmph, thinking of taking on us alone? I'm afraid it's not that easy." Li Fei shouted, "Gongyun Princess, you go protect the Crown Prince and Qin Cang, leave this to our Tianjun Army."

  "Can I go?" Mo Gu Yun was taken aback, he himself had joined the war circle, and could only barely defend himself. If he were to withdraw, wouldn't the pressure on Li Fei and the others be even greater?

  "Don't worry, Brother Gu Yun, I'll gather all our forces to deal with him!" Li Fei shouted loudly.

  Mo Gu Yun no longer hesitated, fending off the whistling flying swords while retreating and finally managed to exit the battlefield with great difficulty.

  "Mo Gu Yun, are you afraid and want to escape? You can't escape, after I've taken care of these people, it'll be your turn, you and your daughter." Cao Pi's eyes narrowed, his hand seals changed again, the flying sword whizzing even faster.

  "Cao Pi, let's see who wins first!" Li Fei shouted loudly, his body bursting with wild energy, forming a human-shaped aura shield around him. For a moment, the flying sword slashed against the aura shield, producing a series of metallic clashing sounds.

  "Li Fei, I didn't expect that a commoner like you would also have the ability to protect your body with yuan energy. It's indeed not easy to achieve such cultivation. However, you will still die!" Cao Pi's expression remained unchanged, as if in his eyes, the people in front of him were already dead.

  "All soldiers of the National Heavenly Army, listen to orders! Everyone take their positions and immediately activate the Great Defensive Array. Those below the Refining Spirit Realm will guard the array and are not allowed to make a move."

  "Hmph, forming an array? I'd like to see it!" Cao Pi suddenly stopped his attack, beckoned with one hand, and the flying sword flew back into his palm. He stood still in mid-air, waiting for Li Fei to form her array.

  Li Fei's face turned red with a sudden chill, his hand tightly grasping the large knife with a slight gap, and immediately chopped down heavily, the clear and cold shout echoing throughout the entire Wang City.

  "Yes!"

  Innumerable shouts to drink, almost simultaneously resounded, and instantly the entire imperial city was suddenly filled with mysterious figures darting towards various directions of the imperial city. The heavenly army experts surrounding Cao Pi also withdrew in an instant, dashing towards different positions.

  "Guo Tianjun's Divine Sword Forbidden Guard, listen up! Activate the Divine Sword Breaking Heaven Formation, take position at the center of the Grand Formation!"

  "National Heavenly Army Heavy Cavalry Squad, listen up! Form a coiled snake formation and surround the Divine Blade Formation!"

  "The Imperial Heavenly Army's Divine Sword Forbidden Guard, listen up! Form the Azure Dragon Formation and defend the eastern flank of the Grand Array!"

  "The Imperial Heavenly Army's Strong Bow Guard listens to orders, forms the White Tiger Formation, and guards the west of the Grand Array!"

  "The Imperial Heavenly Army's Divine Gun Forbidden Guard, listen up! Form the Vermilion Sparrow Formation and defend the southern part of the Grand Array!"

  "The Imperial Heavenly Army's Divine Halberd Guard, listen up! Form the Xuanwu Formation and defend the northern part of the Grand Array!"

  Li Fei stood tall in the center of Wang City, her clear voice carrying a hint of majesty, echoing continuously within the city walls. With each fall of her voice, large troops would rush out from one corner of the city, forming neat arrays, their breaths gathering together to charge into the clouds.

  At this moment, Qin Lang was taken by Mo Gu Yun and flew into the air, his body quickly rushing towards the outside of the city. Qin Lang saw the massive army that had been rapidly assembled, and there was some unhidden shock in his eyes. These were the true fighting forces of the Heavenly Army, and such a large number was in Li Fei's hands, operating smoothly like flowing clouds and water, forming a formidable war machine.

  And at this moment, he stood tall and looked on, possessing a truly commanding presence and majesty.

  With the successful deployment of the formation, Li Fei suddenly raised his head, his eyes wide with anger, gleaming with sharpness and icy coldness, locking onto Cao Pi in the sky from afar. His cold voice echoed throughout the royal city.

  "All heavenly troops, follow me in this strike, and annihilate the rebel Cao Pi!"

  Li Feihu's body flashed out, and with his movement, more than a dozen top strongmen who had stepped into the Refining God Realm in the Heavenly Army also flashed up, standing in mid-air behind Li Fei.

  "Li Fei is leading a good show!" Looking at everything in the sky, Qin Liang secretly whistled.

  "Is Cao Pi really that difficult to deal with? Just one person, yet it's necessary to mobilize an army of 100,000?" Qin Liang was shocked and asked Mo Gu Yun beside him.

  "You don't know, the methods of cultivators are endless and unfathomable. A powerful cultivator can turn the tide with a flick of their wrist. This is no longer something that can be won by numbers alone. And Cao Pi, he's one of those cultivators." Mo Gu Yun's eyes were cold and stern, his tone heavy, as if he had great reservations about Cao Pi.

  "Is Cao Pi that formidable?" Qin Hong was suddenly startled, if so, even a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers might not be able to keep up with Cao Pi, after all, he can fly.

  "That's not necessarily true, but as long as it's related to cultivating immortality, you absolutely can't underestimate it."

  "What is an immortal cultivator?" Qin Lin heard this term for the first time.

  "I'll tell you about this later, the situation is critical now, we need to be careful of Cao Pi's tactics." Mo Gu Yun gripped his long spear tightly, cautiously gazing into the distant sky.

  "Some insignificant people also dare to block me, they really don't know how to live!"

  Cao Pi held the long sword in his hand, looking at the Tianjun army below, but there was a sarcastic smile on his cold face.

  Li Fei glared at the wolf demon general, and suddenly his large knife was raised high, coldly shouting: "All you generals, merge with heaven and earth, unite in formation!"

  "Yes!"

  A dozen or so top-notch Refiners at the peak of their cultivation all responded in unison, and in an instant, everyone's positions changed. A burst of white light shot out from each of their bodies, intersecting with one another in a complex trajectory that connected all ten-odd people together.

  And at the very center of that trajectory was Li Fei, and those white rays shooting out would ultimately all connect to his body. Upon closer inspection, they actually formed an extremely mysterious formation.

  Buzz!

  As the last white light successfully connected, a vast and mighty surge of yuanqi suddenly erupted, and the auras of the dozen or so people behind Li Fei seemed to be subtly merging into something extremely mysterious.

  Qin Lang looked at the scene with a surprised expression, he could sense that among the dozens of strong men in the formation, their breaths seemed to have become extremely balanced at this moment, and even the yuanqi inside their bodies were connected together.

  They are now, as if they have merged into one person, not just their breath, but even their heartbeat is synchronized. However, this connection method is obviously extremely dangerous, and once the balance goes wrong, it will lead to a collapse of the entire system. Apparently, the core of this formation lies in Li Fei, who is controlling and distributing the vast heavenly energy within the bodies of the top ten strongest cultivators in the Spiritual Realm.

  "It's actually possible to reach this level..." Mo Gu Yun sighed, his tone filled with deep shock. As he gazed at the scene before him, it seemed that his heart had also calmed down a bit.