Sword from Songshan

Chapter 126: Battle at Blackwood Cliff

"set off!"

The sun was at its zenith. The six groups of troops that had been attacking the branch hall had been on the march for a day and a night. Calculating the time, they realized that it was almost time. Zuo Lengchan shouted loudly, and a large group of troops poured out of the Xieshi Valley and headed straight for the Black Wood Cliff.

The journey was over a hundred miles, and there were fifteen groups of soldiers and horses along the main road, more than 1,500 people, all on horseback, and they arrived in the evening.

"Is this Blackwood Cliff?"

There are two huge rock walls in the distance, like screens and doors, with only a five-foot-wide path in the middle. A large number of cult members can be seen guarding the path tightly.

"It's still early."

This is not Heimu Cliff, but it is the only way to get to Heimu Cliff.

"rush!"

Speed ​​is of the essence in war. Take him by surprise.

Zuo Lengchan shouted loudly and led his men towards the path.

Master Fangzheng, Taoist Chongxu, Mr. Mo Da, Yue Buqun and nine other groups of people rushed forward without any pause.

Woo~woo~!

The other side has already discovered the enemy, and the low and long sound of the horn spreads throughout the area.

At the same time, all the followers drew their swords and stood ready to guard the path tightly.

"Get out of my way!"

When there was still more than ten meters away, Zuo Lengchan jumped up from his horse, shouted loudly, and slapped the people from the Demon Sect with both palms with all his strength.

Although these guards have some skills, they are only second- or third-rate. How can they compare with Zuo Lengchan?

Although there were many people, it was meaningless. In a blink of an eye, they were beaten to pieces by Zuo Lengchan's pair of bare hands.

"go!"

At this time, the others had also caught up, and with a light shout, Zuo Lengchan was still leading the way.

The path is narrow and even two people walking side by side still feel crowded.

Master Fangzheng, Taoist Chongxu and nine other masters followed closely behind Zuo Lengchan, so they could provide timely assistance if a strong enemy appeared.

After they entered, the ten groups of troops under his command also entered the path one after another. In order to prevent the enemy from setting an ambush, each group of troops was separated, not crowded, and advancing and retreating in an orderly manner.

As expected, there are still many checkpoints ahead, but they are all ordinary sect members. Even the small leaders have only second-rate martial arts, so Zuo Lengchan can pass them alone.

In this way, we passed three mountain paths in total and arrived in front of a beach. The Black Wood Cliff was still on the opposite bank.

Normally, if someone from the Demon Cult wanted to go over there, they just had to send a signal and a boat would come to pick them up.

But at this time, let alone the boat, the other side might have already set up swords, spears, and halberds and were waiting for them.

Without a boat, how could so many of them cross the water?

It's not that it's impossible to swim across, the water isn't very fast, but if you're in the water at that time, you'd become a sitting duck for the other side.

"Everyone, wait a moment. I will go and fetch a boat."

When everyone was hesitating, Master Fang Zheng spoke.

He broke off a thin branch from a dead tree on the shore and threw it into the water. It seemed casual, but it actually contained a lot of power. The dead branch cut through the water like an arrow.

Master Fang Zheng leaped up and landed directly on the dead branch. Using the dead branch as a support, he headed straight for the other side.

"Crossing the river with a reed, it really opens my eyes. You are worthy of being called Master Fang Zheng."

Yue Buqun exclaimed in admiration, marveling at the sight.

Such lightness and skill were so miraculous that the rest of the people were stunned.

Although they are not as good as Master Fang Zheng, people like Zuo Lengchan and Yue Buqun are also masters of the time, and they may have ways to cross the water.

But since Master Fang Zheng had already said so, there was no need for them to do anything unnecessary. They could just wait patiently for Master Fang Zheng's "transformation ship" to return.

As expected, everyone was not disappointed. After about an incense stick of time, a small boat came from the other side. It was Master Fang Zheng.

"There are some big ships on the other side. You can go over there first. Follow me and drive the ship over."

When they reached the shore, Master Fang Zheng said something.

Immediately afterwards, about ten people who knew how to sail came out and followed Master Fang Zheng.

Find a large anchored ship and drive back to pick up the troops.

After going back and forth several times for an hour or so, all fifteen groups of people finally crossed the river.

After getting off the boat, they saw dozens of members of the Demon Cult lying on the mudflats or in the shallow water near the shore, all breathless. It was obvious that it was all done by Master Fang Zheng.

Everyone was secretly shocked again. They were used to seeing the Bodhisattva lowering his eyebrows, but now they realized that the Vajra had angry eyes.

"Attack Blackwood Cliff!"

After reorganizing his troops, Zuo Lengchan shouted loudly and continued to move forward.

Compared with before, the terrain is gradually rising and the mountain path is becoming steeper and more difficult to navigate.

It was already completely dark, but in order to prevent attacks from the Demon Cult, the heroes did not dare to light torches for illumination, so the progress was difficult and slow.

Swish swish~!

They had only walked a few miles when they heard the sound of breaking air and countless sharp arrows shot out from the darkness. They were the guards of the Demon Cult.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Zuo Lengchan warned loudly, deflected the incoming arrows, and then rushed into the darkness.

Immediately afterwards, a scream was heard.

The other masters did not delay either, and rushed forward to kill the demon guards.

Once it's cleaned up, continue forward.

But they had not gone far when another attack came.

Although they were all small groups of enemies and none of them were experts, they still caused a lot of trouble to the Righteous Alliance by relying on their geographical advantages.

It was not until several hours later that they finally finished this mountain path and arrived at the headquarters of the Demon Cult.

By this time, all ten groups of troops had suffered casualties, with the loss being around 10%.

"Kill!"

Before the inventory was completed, a large number of cult members rushed out from all parts of the headquarters, accompanied by deafening shouts and screams!

When we arrived at the headquarters, we saw the main force of the cult.

"Kill them!"

Zuo Lengchan shouted loudly and rushed forward without any hesitation.

His men followed closely behind, weapons in hand.

"Kill all the evil cultists!"

The other nine groups of troops did not slack off either, and rushed forward together with roars.

In the Demon Cult's headquarters, the war between the righteous and the evil cult broke out completely.

In terms of numbers, this is Black Wood Cliff after all, and the Demon Cult has thousands of people, almost three times as many as the righteous sect!
But in terms of personal strength, he is a little lacking.

After all, those on the righteous side who dared to attack Black Wood Cliff were basically the best fighters from various factions.

As for the masters, the righteous side has an absolute advantage.

The Sun-Moon Divine Sect had been fighting against the entire righteous path for decades on its own, and originally had many experts gathered there.

But in the past two years, with Yang Lianting coming to power, he has been eliminating dissidents on a large scale. Many masters, such as Shangguan Yun, Jia Bu, Tong Baixiong and other elders, have been away all year round and are not in Heimu Cliff at this time.

Yang Lianting promoted those villains who could only flatter, how could they have real ability? As for some petty officials like incense masters and flag masters, how could they be the opponents of the ten great masters of the righteous path.

For a while, the righteous side had the upper hand and continued to advance.

By daybreak, they had broken through three iron gates and arrived at the foot of a high cliff. On top of this cliff was Dongfang Bubai's residence!
The cliffs are thousands of feet high and reach the clouds. People have to be carried up by ropes and bamboo baskets, similar to an elevator.

But the mechanism for turning the winch was on the cliff, and the bamboo basket could not be raised by itself from below.

Another thing, even if it can be raised, who would dare to sit on it?
The one above is Dongfang Bubai, and he is no match for him even in a direct confrontation. If he were in a bamboo basket, hanging in the air, wouldn't he be at the mercy of others?

"Let's just stay down there and kill all his demonic creatures. We don't have to worry about Dongfang Bubai not coming down!"

After stabbing a member of the Demon Sect to death with one sword, Yu Canghai shouted coldly.

"Not bad!"

"This is a great idea!" Everyone nodded as they didn't want to sit in the bamboo basket.

Then, at the foot of this high cliff, the followers of the Demon Cult were massacred.

"Kill!"

About two or three hours later, the five groups of troops serving as the rear army also rushed in.

All obstacles and defenses along the way had been cleared by the front army. They rushed here unhindered, without any casualties, and each of them was full of energy.

With the addition of this new force, the Demon Cult suffered a great blow and was on the verge of collapse.

"Kill them all!"

"Destroy the Demon Cult in one fell swoop!"

Seeing that the situation was looking good, the righteous people became excited and almost went crazy with killing.

The battle continued for another hour, and the entire Blackwood Cliff headquarters was littered with corpses and rivers of blood.

Most of them were from the Demon Sect, but the righteous side also lost three to four hundred people.

Bang bang bang~!

Just as the Demon Cult was about to be destroyed, a gong sounded suddenly in the sky.

The next moment, a large number of young men holding halberds suddenly emerged from all directions, more than four hundred in number.

Although they cannot match the righteous forces in terms of numbers and their individual martial arts skills are average, they work in groups of three or nine, either in small groups or in formations. They coordinate closely and are capable of both offense and defense. The halberds in their hands are invincible, and they act like an army of thousands!
For a time, the righteous forces that had the upper hand just now suffered heavy casualties and were defeated.

"hateful!"

Obviously, this is a force that the Demon Cult has secretly cultivated and is now using it as a trump card.

Zuo Lengchan snorted coldly and rushed forward immediately.

If these halberd warriors are not dealt with, even if the righteous path does not suffer defeat, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties!

"Ok!"

But after taking two steps, Zuo Lengchan was suddenly startled and quickly dodged.

Ding ding~!

There were two soft sounds, and half a step in front of him, two embroidery needles pierced into the floor.

"This is!"

But just two embroidery needles made Zuo Lengchan's face change drastically.

The other masters also became nervous instantly, not caring about anything else and gathered together.

Squeak~!

With the sound of a winch sliding, a bamboo basket slowly fell from the cliff. A red figure stood on it, his long robe fluttering in the strong mountain wind.

"The East is undefeated!"

Seeing this figure, everyone's face changed again.

Dongfang Bubai finally came down!
Looking up at the red figure, Zuo Lengchan touched the empty left eye socket with a gloomy expression.

In contrast, others have never fought against Dongfang Bubai, and their knowledge of him is limited to rumors.

Either be prepared, or be eager to try.

Hurrah~!

The bamboo basket was still dozens of meters away from the ground when Dongfang Bubai suddenly jumped down. His wide red robe was filled and blown by the strong wind, like a huge red cloud pressing down.

Silently, before the person even hit the ground, several embroidery needles shot out.

Zuo Lengchan was already on guard and deflected the needle with his sword.

But Zhen Shanzi next to him was not so lucky. He was pierced through the forehead by the sword known as the Qiankun Sword, the respected leader of the Kunlun Sect, who lost his life before he could even draw his sword.

hiss~!

Jie Feng, the leader of the Beggars' Sect who had been eager to try and become famous as Dongfang Bubai, suddenly turned pale with fright.

Yu Canghai's brows were furrowed, and he was already thinking of giving up.

Among the top ten masters of the righteous path, Zhen Shanzi's martial arts are not inferior to theirs, but he was still killed in one move. How many moves can they withstand from Dongfang Bubai?

"Eastern Sect Leader! I am grateful for your great skills!"

Dongfang Bubai appeared, Zhen Shanzi was killed, and the morale of the righteous path was greatly reduced.

Master Fang Zheng shouted loudly and immediately ran towards Dongfang Bubai.

At some point, a sword appeared in his hand, and he slashed at Dongfang Bubai with a move as fast as lightning. The blade turned red as it rubbed against the air, like a burning flame. This was the Burning Wood Sword Technique, one of the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu skills.

"Good sword skills."

Dongfang Bubai gave a light praise and quickly retreated, passing the test easily.

Swish~!

The sword flashed, and Taoist Chongxu's sword drew an arc and stabbed into his back.

Dongfang Bubai smiled lightly, and while retreating rapidly, he suddenly twisted his body and avoided the sword again.

Facing the combined forces of Master Fangzheng and Taoist Chongxu, he was still able to move forward and backward with ease. His skills alone were enough to astound all the heroes present.

"Attack together! Don't give him a chance to attack!"

At this time, Zuo Lengchan shouted loudly and rushed forward with a sword in his hand.

They were all first-rate masters, and the others understood instantly.

Dongfang Bubai's moves were swift and the embroidery needle was tiny and difficult to detect. If he was given the first chance, even the most powerful master would find it difficult to defend himself.

Whether fighting alone, or two against one or three against one, Dongfang Bubai can handle it with his physical skills.

But if they attack together, no matter how high Dongfang Bubai's martial arts skills are, he will only be able to defend himself.

And as long as you don't give him a chance, there is no need to be afraid.

"on!"

After realizing this, everyone shouted loudly and rushed forward.

Of the ten great masters of the righteous sect, eight were still alive at this time. Together with Yu Zhongzi from the Taishan Sect, they surrounded Dongfang Bubai and started a chaotic fight.

Facing the siege of many masters, Dongfang Bubai remained calm and fearless. His movements were swift and he could change his shape. Except for Master Fangzheng and Taoist Chongxu, no one could pose a real threat to him.

Although there is no chance to escape in most cases, as long as there is a slight lapse in cooperation among the crowd, giving him a temporary respite, he will use his embroidery needle to hurt people.

Fortunately, Master Fang Zheng came to help and stopped the attack, so no one was harmed again.

But danger was lurking everywhere, and Yu Canghai and others began to back down again.

"Don't worry about those devil cubs, let's kill him together!"

Seeing that the situation was becoming unfavorable, Zuo Lengchan shouted at Ding Mian and others again.

The leaders of the other six groups of troops, as well as other first-rate masters, all rushed over. Even though they could not get close to Dongfang Bubai, they could still harass him with hidden weapons from the side.

In this way, almost all the masters of the righteous path were gathered together, and they were able to temporarily resist Dongfang Bubai.

"You keep pressing me. Do you really think I'm afraid?"

A moment later, he was forced to the bottom of a high cliff by the righteous masters and had no way to retreat.

Dongfang Bubai snorted coldly, then stepped up the cliff, looked down from above, and raised his hand to shoot out dozens of embroidery needles.

"Ah~!"

"my eyes!"

For a moment, the righteous masters screamed, many were injured, and two people died under Dongfang Bubai's embroidery needle.

Despite being surrounded and attacked by all the masters of the righteous path, Dongfang Bubai was still able to commit crimes!
For a moment, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

At this moment, even if everyone joined forces, they could barely hold off Dongfang Bubai. If they withdrew, they would surely be defeated, and they would probably be killed one by one by Dongfang Bubai.

"hateful!"

"Fight!"

Knowing the difficulty, everyone frowned and looked fierce. Now they had no choice but to fight to the death with Dongfang Bubai!

(End of this chapter)