Chapter 202 The First Battle 3 (1/2)

High-level cultivators were already hard to come by, let alone those who could reach level 9 of Qi-refining. However, as war raged throughout the world, there were still quite a few top-notch cultivators on the battlefield of the borders. Still, at the battlefield, few of them would directly charge toward the enemy's formation, like what Li Ye just did. That was to prevent such circ.u.mstance from happening.

Since there was a master on our side, there must be another master on the opposite side.

Whether the cultivators or ordinary people, when they attacked, they were vulnerable. If a master directly attacked the military formation, he was definitely giving the opposite master a chance. If the opposite master was hidden, then even one minor mistake could lead to serious injury or death.

Thus, the toll your attack took would be evened by the opposite master. On top of that, after the master at our side retreated or died, without protection, our army would be fully exposed to the opposite master.

Thus, on the battlefield, there was an unwritten rule that masters only fought masters. They couldn't attack ordinary soldiers or generals.

Li Ye was unable to finish his attack when he was attacked out of the blue. He was forced to retreat for hundreds of steps. When he was able to stand steadily, blood trickled down from his mouth. He raised his head and looked forward. A Taoist priest in a black robe was levitating with grace and poise. He exuded supremacy as if he were an Immortal.

”Spiritual Master Realm!” Li Ye gritted his teeth. The Taoist priest who just attacked him was in Spiritual Master Realm. With the cultivation he now possessed, when stricken by surprise by Taoist priest at level 9 of Qi-refining, he would just be interrupted for a spell. There was no way he could get hurt within only one attack.

Only a cultivator who had achieved the Spiritual Master Realm or higher could hurt him.

The one who attacked him was Wujizi from the Taoist sect of Zhongnan Mountain. He stood in the air and looked down at the enemy's formation solemnly. But when he noticed Li Ye merely had some blood in his mouth and stood up soon after retreating for hundreds of steps, his eyes expressed his astonishment.

The attack just now was no casual attack. Wujizi exerted himself in it. In his expectation, any Taoist priest at level 9 of Qi-refining who took this attack would either die or severely injured. But given Li Ye's status, it seemed it was no more than a scratch. He could not help but frown.

Wujizi, who had planned to attack the Wolf-tooth Troop to help Zhu Zhen get the upper hand, had to confront Li Ye, who was staring at him.

At the same time, the Senior and Junior Priestesses were not sitting idle. They took the vantage points from both left and right. Together with Li Ye, they were secretly surrounding Wujizi.

Yet, facing a cultivator in the Spiritual Master Realm who was powerful enough to hurt Li Ye, they didn't launch the attack imprudently. They both clearly knew that there were not many chances for them. Should their attack fail, this person in the Spiritual Master Realm's attacks would come their way.

Although the Senior and Junior Priestesses were not ordinary cultivators at level 9 of Qi-refining, they couldn't say for sure they could sustain a true attack for a person in the Spiritual Master Realm. The gap between realms was far greater than the gap between level 8 and level 9 of Qi-refining.

Li Ye, as well as the Senior and Junior Priestesses, left the battlefield successively and Shangguan Qingcheng took back the command. Zhu Zhen's troops had been seriously hurt by the three sword strikes of Li Ye. Now their morale was down and there were a lot of openings. Under the command of Shangguan Qingcheng, the three thousand cavalries in the Wolf-tooth Troop marched forward. They were unstoppable. Those enemy cavalries fell off their horses one by one. It was hard for them to organize effective counterattack or defense at short notice.

Wujizi noticed that too, and that was why he was in such a rush. He promised Zhu Wen to win this battle with Zhu Zhen. If Zhu Zhen was really defeated by Wolf-tooth Troop, it would be a shame for Wujizi.

Wujizi didn't pay attention to the Senior and Junior Priestesses on both flanks. In his eyes, although the Senior and Junior Priestesses were quite good, they were no threat to him. Only the Li Ye in front of him was able to fight against him.

Wujizi looked down at Li Ye and spoke indifferently, ”Taking one of my hit as a level 9 of Qi-refining. Impressive. Who are you?”

After the question, Wujizi frowned and nodded before Li Ye could answer. ”It seems that you are the Li Ye who hurt Wuyazi. In the whole world, only you can take one of my hit.”

After that, Wujizi got straight to the point, ”I looked for you so hard, only to see you show up so easily. After I kill you today, the Tang Army will be bound to lose and Dengzhou will keep its dominance! Instead of hiding among the troops, you are putting yourself at risk. How hilarious! Now that you are offering your head, I'll gladly take it!”

Before he finished saying the words, Wujizi vanished from right where he stood. Powerful as the Senior and Junior Priestesses were, they couldn't see how he disappeared. The moment they looked at Li Ye, Wujizi had been already in front of Li Ye. He pushed toward Li Ye's forehead. ”Farewell, Prince An!”

Wujizi came in such a sudden that Li Ye could not totally evade it. He raised his sword horizontally to fend off the push. A blast ensued and the air was heated as hot as boiled water. The clothes and hair of Li Ye and Wujizi were blown backward.

The moment they touched each other, they were separated. Li Ye slid backward for dozens of meters, his feet carving two grooves in the ground and he was barely on his feet.