The offensive and defensive battle of Zhongling lasted for a full ten years, and the battle was dark and sleepless.

After leaving behind countless corpses, the demon army finally began to retreat.

They want to withdraw to Longcheng Pass.

In ten years, the wake of the Linghai tide, which could be called a natural hazard at the beginning, has calmed down a lot, and it is no longer as dangerous as before.

But even so, it will still take a long time for the demons to retreat from the Changye Mountains to Longcheng Pass.

It is better to use the remaining brave men to pursue the impoverished bandits.

The human monks also knew that this should be a good opportunity to take advantage of the victory and pursue the enemy, but they were really determined to kill the enemy and were unable to save their lives.

After ten years of high-intensity fighting, not only the demons but also the humans were exhausted.

The demons left millions of corpses outside the Heart City, and the human race also lost hundreds of thousands of monks to the Changye Mountains.

Behind the seemingly nearly ten-to-one victory was the fact that this battle had almost wiped out all the most powerful generation of monks in the Central Spiritual Realm.

At the same time, behind the continuous operation of the Zhongling Array is the consumption of spiritual stones that is difficult to calculate in numbers.

It is no exaggeration to say that most or even 70% of the property and spiritual stones accumulated in the Zhongling Realm for ten thousand years have been invested in this Zhongling Formation.

The inheritance was cut off, almost all the powerful monks died, and the resources were exhausted...

It is conceivable that after this, the spiritual realm cultivation world will fall into a long period of insecurity.

However, no matter what, the Zhongling Realm was finally able to hold on.

Where there is life, there is hope.

Compared with this battle to seize souls, the first battle between Tao and demons 20,000 years ago was the real loss of life, the sea turned into dust, and the thunder and lightning dried up.

But so what?

Will the Zhongling human race still rise from ruin and revive from destruction?

The resilience of the human race has already been tested by history.

Just like the weeds in the wilderness, wildfire cannot burn them out, but they grow again when the spring breeze blows.

.........

The monks who arrived in Heart City were waiting for the day when the demons would retreat.

Lu Qingshan is also waiting.

But his waiting had more meaning than the waiting of the monks who arrived in the inner city.

Because Lu Qingshan had something very important and had to be done, and he had been thinking about it for a long time.

——So, at the moment when the demonic army retreated, three black lights immediately shot out of the sky in the heart of the city, quickly heading towards Lu Qingshan.

A moment later, three monks appeared in front of Lu Qingshan.

Zhao Yuding and Yan Hanqing, two of the three founders of the Zhulong Palace, and Situ, the formation master who presided over the construction of the Zhongling Formation.

In the fifth year of the Zhongling War, the entire Zhulong Palace sect rushed to aid Zhongling, including the two ancestors of Zhulong Palace.

"Master Shuiyue Guan..." The three of them first greeted Master Shuiyue Guan next to Lu Qingshan, and then looked at Lu Qingshan with confused eyes, not knowing what to call him for a moment.

"Lu Qingshan," the leader of Shuiyue Temple saw this and took the initiative to introduce to the three of them: "The new head of the Sword Sect."

The tone of the Shuiyue Guanzhu was calm. This was because she had gained a good understanding of Lu Qingshan during the nearly ten years of collaborative killing of enemies. She took it for granted that such a sword cultivator, even if he was too young, could serve as a sword sect.

There is nothing wrong with the sect leader.

But the other three people did not have such an experience.

Therefore, the expressions of Zhao Yuding, Yan Hanqing and Situ suddenly changed wildly.

Master of the Sword Sect?

Is he the master of the Sword Sect?

No, how could he be the leader of the Sword Sect? The leader of the Sword Sect is clearly Xie Qingyun... Wait, could it be said that Qingyun Sword Immortal...?

Yes, Soul Lord and Yu Zun both fell into the hands of Qingyun Sword Immortal. How could Xie Qingyun not pay the slightest price when he killed two such powerful Demon Lords one after another?

But even if Xie Qingyun dies, why is the new Sword Sect master not Yu Canghai, why not Xia Daoyun, why not Xue Wushao, or even Li Shiyi, who has lost his awe-inspiring energy, but will he be the young swordsman in front of him who has a clear cultivation level and is in the physical realm?

All three of them took a deep breath, feeling their minds confused.

However, Lu Qingshan did not have time to explain too much to them. He said concisely and concisely: "What we are going to do has been told to you through Peak Master Haoran a long time ago. I don't think I need to say more."

"Now, we set out immediately. We must complete everything before the demon army retreats to Longcheng Pass."

...........

The clouds are white and the sun is shining brightly.

Under the blazing sunshine, Lu Qingshan and his party finally arrived at their destination.

The towering city wall is extremely familiar to Zhongling Monk Situ, although it has changed in appearance now.

Longcheng Pass.

After this human race's ten thousand-year-old pass fell into the hands of the demons, it was like a shadow shrouding the Zhongling territory, which was particularly disturbing.

Lu Qingshan and Shuiyue Guanzhu took the three of them to the location where they originally watched the battle of Dragon City, but they were not in a hurry to enter Dragon City Pass.

A person who travels a hundred miles is only half a mile away. At this time, he is not in a hurry for that half-hour.

"The Mingyue Formation is the Taoist Formation. It is impossible to break it from the outside, so I will send you into the city later.

Situ is responsible for taking you two to the core position of the Mingyue Formation. What you have to do is to quickly eliminate the demonic cultivators guarding the formation, and then destroy the core position, thereby destroying the Mingyue Formation." Lu Qingshan, Zhao Yuding, Yan Hanqing and Situ three people

Finally, he gave instructions.

"Once the formation is broken, leave immediately and never stay for a long time."

The purpose of Lu Qingshan's trip was to destroy the Mingyue Formation built by Xia Daozu.

The Mingyue Formation has been regarded as the most important force of the Zhongling human race for 20,000 years, and it is the spiritual sustenance of many Zhongling monks.

Who can believe that what their new sect master, who can be said to have saved the fate of such a huge Zhongling, is going to do is destroy the spiritual beliefs of the Zhongling monks?

It seems very unexpected, but actually it makes sense when you think about it carefully.

At this time, it is already a miracle that the Zhongling monks can defend the inner city. How can they talk about counterattacking Longcheng Pass?

With the help of the Central Spirit Formation, the human monks were able to forcefully block an army of nearly ten million demons outside the Changye Mountains for ten years.

The strength of the defeated demon army and the strength of the Mingyue Formation are obviously better than the human coalition forces and the Zhongling Formation. Once the demons go on the defensive, how can the human race retake Longcheng Pass from the demons?

But it is absolutely impossible to just ignore Longcheng Pass.

Longcheng Pass is located within the territory of the human race. Using this as a barrier, the demon race can send out large armies to drive straight into Zhongling at any time, provoking the second, third... or even countless battles to seize the soul.

How can we allow others to snore on the side of the bed?

Since Longcheng Pass cannot be taken back, then it should be destroyed.

Since it can no longer serve as a great pass for the human race and protect the peace of the human race, it must not be allowed to allow Longcheng Pass to "help the evil tyrants".

The Mingyue Formation is the foundation of Longcheng Pass.

Once the Mingyue Formation is broken, Longcheng Pass will cease to exist.

.......

The process of making this decision was very difficult.

Xia Daozu has disappeared for a long time, which means that once the Mingyue Formation is destroyed, it is impossible to rebuild it.

Once the Mingyue Formation is destroyed, it means that the portal to the Zhongling is about to open wide. The huge Infinite Realm will no longer be guarded, and the demons can pass through the space cracks in the Infinite Realm unimpeded and enter the Zhongling.

Regarding this, the plan Lu Qingshan came up with was to cut off the wrists of a strong man.

Just like in response to the attack of the Heart Demon Clan, directly abandon the area west of the Changye Mountains, concentrate on defending the Heart City, and regard the City as the new Dragon City Pass in the Central Spiritual Realm.

The Zhongling Formation in the Heart City has withstood the test. Although it still has shortcomings compared to the Mingyue Formation, there is no doubt that it can replace the Mingyue Formation and become the new town-controlling formation in the Zhongling Domain.

Therefore, breaking the Mingyue Formation has become the most important thing at the moment.

Time is also very tight.

Everything must be completed before the demon army retreats.

Otherwise, when millions of defeated demons enter the Dragon City Pass, it will be exponentially more difficult to do anything in the Dragon City Pass.

...........

Facing the three Ninth Realm monks in front of him who were far better than him in cultivation, Lu Qingshan was not at all cautious and directly gave detailed instructions.

Although the other three people more or less felt that this scene was a bit strange and weird, after looking at each other, they all chose to acquiesce in the end.

Among the entire human race, among the Sword Sect masters, there are theoretically no more than three people whose status can be higher than that of Lu Qingshan at this moment.

Even those who can talk to Lu Qingshan on an equal footing can only be counted with two palms.

Obviously, the three of them are not in these palms.

So, why should we feel resentful and dissatisfied?
To be continued...