533 Just Need A Bit More (1/2)
This was an unexpectedly fierce battle.
The desert demons were extremely strong. Each of them was comparable to the Jindan Stage from righteous sects in Nine Regions and even better than that of Spirit Sword Sect disciples whose golden core had been soaked in the gutter oil. Moreover, their array was stronger. The action of those dozens of demons seemed chaotic, often inexplicable. However, when they raised their hands or lifted their feet, they could pull up such great strength. Their frontal collision against the Wang Lu-led sword array did not cause them to fall!
Every time the two sides launched their attack, the ground shook, and the aftermath of the sword qi continued to rage across the surrounding area. The black tide that shrouded the area was actually pushed out, revealing the clear sky.
However, the blue sky was also quickly lost in the violent energy turbulence. Sometimes, deep night sky emerged, sometimes, there were lightning and thunder, sometimes, the sky was shrouded with clouds, and sometimes, the red sun shone...
From this strange phenomenon, it could clearly be seen how fierce this battle was. Standing on the main position on the three individual sword array, the more Wang Lu attacked, the more startled he was. When this double array strategy was formulated three years prior, no one thought that someone could match this sword array!
Of course, strictly speaking… if the Demon King could solve the threat of Fenrir within three years and completely recover from the injury, then the complete form of the Demon King was enough to crush everything. If they really encountered that situation, everyone could only go to the Yellow Springs. However, at present, although the Demon King had failed to recover from injury, his bodyguards were actually unusually powerful.
”Are they really just Jindan?”
During the fierce battle, Ouyang Shang could not help but ask.
Wang Lu said with a sinking voice, ”According to human classification, they are indeed Jindan Stage; From peak Jindan to low-level Jindan, the average is not much higher than us, and their number is less than us. But…”
But after a long and fierce battle, the golden generation of Spirit Sword Sect could not gain an upper hand. Let alone crossing their defense to kill the Demon King… they even slowly retreated under the pressure of the other side. And this was when the sword array led by Wang Lu whose offensive was the sharpest. When Wang Lu's primordial spirit started to flicker and needed to be substituted, the scene became even worse.
”... It's the disparity between the array.”
Within the three interlinked primordial spirits, suddenly, Fei Ying's voice could be heard. Within the seventy-two great killing array, she assumed the center spot, and was the only node closely connected with the three individual sword array, therefore, she could communicate with Wang Lu and the others.
Fei Ying was an expert in array. In terms of talent and perception of this, she was even better than the Ouyang Shang who was good at basically everything. At this time, after a period of observation, the quality of array used by the demons was judged as above that of their sword array combination.
”The array disparity is it…” Ouyang Shang immediately felt that things had become even more difficult. This sword array combination was originally conceived as a result of him and Wang Lu neglecting their sleep and forgetting about food. Later on, it was ultimately formed after going through amendment of everyone else. Meaning that this was the condensation of the wisdom of the golden generation. Although there was still a gap in performance compared with a lot of the arrays of Yuanying and Deity Stage, it was already the pinnacle in Jindan Stage.
In terms of array, the stronger was not always the better. For example, in the legendary great desolation period, the immortal slayer sword array that could kill an immortal, in terms of wondrousness, its power, naturally, was far above the three individual sword array, but that sword array could not be used before reaching Supreme level, thus far from meeting the need of the cultivators of Spirit Sword Sect. At this time in Jindan Stage, their sword array combination could already be called as the peak.
Unexpectedly, there was sky above sky. The current array used by the demons was obviously better than what they had. After experiencing it, they felt tied, and the situation was getting worse.
”No wonder on a one-on-one level battle array, there is a disparity between them and us. This battle is not good.”
Through primordial spirit link, Fei Ying helplessly sighed.
”Don't think about it, just leave the battle thing to us. There will always be a way.” Ouyang Shang comforted Fei Ying and then said to Wang Lu, ”If you can't hold on, then let me take over, I see that your primordial spirit is already nearly reaching the limit.”
Wang Lu actually thought otherwise. ”Let you take over so the situation would get worse? Now with me as the controller, there's at least a balance of power, but once we get weaker, the situation will immediately snowball, and it will be impossible to recover.”
”... The problem is, after your oil lamp is completely dry, wouldn't the situation be similarly worse?”
”That's why before the oil lamp is dry… We have to come up with some unusual method.” Wang Lu gritted his teeth. ”Prepare the suicide squad.”
”Suicide squad?” Ouyang Shang narrowed his eyes. ”Are you serious?”
”Or else what? Competing with them in terms of endurance, waiting for them to get exhausted first? I think their situation is much better than we are, we can't match their endurance. It is impossible to turn the table around without using ultimate1.”
”Your so-called ultimate is to let your Junior Brother or Sister go to the other side and blow up their golden core?”
”If you have other ultimates then tell me!”
”... I can't agree with that. Even if I could stomach the sacrifice, your move is too risky. The number of people in our combined sword array is just right, no extra personnel. So self-destruction of the golden core is equal to the self-destruction of the sword array. If it fails to scatter the other party's array, then it would be a suicide for every one of us.”
Wang Lu said, ”There's a gold medal substitute, Autumn Beam.”
”If it's at the start of the battle, then that's okay, but now that the array is running at full capacity, how could there be a room for Autumn Beam to intervene? Once the newcomer is forcibly inserted in, it would cause stagnation in the array, that's also a suicide!”
”Oh? So looks like Big Brother has already come up with a way that doesn't need to be risky and sacrifice stability to win?”
Ouyang Shang was silent for a while. ”Let me try it first. If I fail, you can take anyone you want to blow themselves up.”
”Good, then I'll wait for the good news.”
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