The dawn had not yet broken.
Li Qian had already risen.
Two disciples had begun practicing the Heartless Sword Technique.
Li Mo was sitting cross-legged on a rock, already absorbing the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi for cultivation.
Just as Li Qian was about to head to the bell tower to ring the bell, suddenly a figure flew up from the foot of the mountain.
"Junior Brother Li, the Sect Leader requests your immediate presence at the Divine Sword Hall."
Seeing that it was a disciple from the Divine Sword Hall, Li Qian was somewhat surprised.
So, he asked Bai Yun to take over ringing the bell, and he left the Chen Bell Platform to head to the Divine Sword Hall.
The Sect Leader summoning him so urgently must mean there’s an important matter.
As soon as the Sect Leader saw Li Qian, he hurriedly said, "Li Qian, go and activate the Great Array immediately."
"Sect Leader, why the urgency?"
Li Qian exclaimed in surprise.
"The monsters from Huilong Mountain have suddenly attacked... The Taiwu Dao Mansion’s army camp, it’s said to have been breached, the situation is extremely critical. I’m worried that the monsters from Huilong Mountain might take the opportunity to attack our Divine Sword Sect."
Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu said.
After all, Huilong Mountain is only about a thousand miles away from the Divine Sword Sect, once the monsters launch an attack, the Sect could only rely on the Array to resist.
"Isn’t Daoist Master Yu Song, a Heavenly Phenomenon Level Celestial, stationed at the Taiwu Dao Mansion’s army camp?"
Li Qian was quite surprised.
"We don’t know the specifics yet, but a few of our sect’s Heavenly Persons have already gone to provide support at the first instance, ah, I hope the situation isn’t too serious."
Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu said with a worried tone.
"Alright, I’ll get the Great Array started now."
Li Qian nodded, after all, these past few years, Array Valley had also crafted quite a number of Armor Soldier Talisman.
If the monsters really do attack, the Great Array should still be able to withstand the onslaught.
So, he left the Divine Sword Hall and went to various places to activate the Solid Array Piles and the Great Array Plate.
This past year, he had also optimized the Great Array, incorporating the five Solid Array Piles from the Panyuan Cave Mansion into the Great Array, thus forming an Array within an Array.
This was something he could do only after his expertise in arrays reached the level of Great Success.
As the Great Array was activated, a mist enveloped the skies above most of the Divine Sword Sect, making it difficult to move without the Armor Soldier Talisman.
Thus, Sect Leader Feng Shaoyu ordered within the sect, unless one carries an Armor Soldier Talisman, no one is allowed to casually leave and must stay at their residence to cultivate.
After setting up the array, Li Qian decided to return to the Chen Bell Platform first.
The Array Masters from Array Valley, under his guidance over the years, had also made great progress in their understanding of arrays, so maintaining the operation of the array was not a problem.
He now planned to head to the Huilong Mountain Range to check out the situation himself.
Li Qian did not return to the Chen Bell Platform, but flew directly towards the Huilong Mountain Range.
With his speed, a thousand miles distance needed less than an hour.
Upon his arrival at the Divine Sword Army Camp, the scene had descended into chaotic combat, with over a dozen powerful monsters viciously attacking.
Though the Martial Arts Army had arranged their troops in a battle formation, under the relentless assault of monsters, the fortress was on the brink of collapse, with warriors falling dead or injured each moment.
Even with several Heavenly Persons from the Divine Sword Sect aiding, they were barely holding the defenses.
The losses were growing bigger.
With a considerable loss of warriors, the Martial Arts Army’s combat strength was rapidly decreasing.
At this moment, a person in a black robe stood on a distant mountain, accompanied by two smaller monsters.
"Lord Hei Xiong, this Divine Sword Army can’t hold on much longer."
A small monster made a ferocious grin.
"Hmm, once the Divine Sword Army Camp is breached, we’ll strike directly at the mountain gate of the Divine Sword Sect... and completely bring this Sword State under the control of Lion Camel City."
The black-robed person chuckled, then lifted his cloak, revealing a pitch-black cat face with a pair of green eyes flickering with green flames.
The next moment, it suddenly moved, transforming into a gigantic black cat over two meters long and charged directly towards the camp.
The other two smaller monsters also revealed their demon forms and charged out following the cat demon.
The terrifying aura of the black cat demon, accompanied by the demon energy, swept over, striking the already weakening battle formation of the Divine Sword Army.
After such a prolonged battle, all the warriors were exhausted.
Had a few Heavenly Persons from the Divine Sword Sect not arrived timely for support, they would probably have already failed to hold.
Now, as a sudden surge of terrifying demon energy stormed in like a tempestuous wave, it instantly tore through the army’s morale... Several Heavenly Persons from the Divine Sword Sect turned pale, hurriedly counteracting the demon energy with True Image Level Sword Intent.
With the collision of Sword Intent and Demon Thought, several Heavenly Persons staggered, their faces ashen.
"Ah, if not for the limitations of this body... you meager Heavenly Persons, I could wipe you off with a mere wave of my hand."
The giant cat demon landed within the camp, its body as if merging with the darkness, its green eyes gazing at the Divine Sword Army before it.
Those dozen ferocious monsters had already gathered behind the cat demon.
Suddenly, the sky erupted with a brilliant, scorching gold flame, as if instantly dispersing the darkness, blanketing everything below and enveloping both the cat demon and the dozen monsters.
The next moment, the cat demon and the dozen monsters felt as if they lost control over their bodies, followed by rapid dissolution of their demon forms.
"Qi, Qi Blood Holy Realm..."
Feeling the crushing pressure of the intense gold flames on its body, the cat demon’s face showed fear.
Though it wanted to flee, it found its body utterly immobile.
What terrified it even more was that its dozen monster subordinates started to emit red light, forming eerie blood shadows.
These blood shadows re-entered the smaller monsters’ bodies.
The next moment, one by one, the smaller monsters exploded into a mist of blood.