Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

At this moment, the four sect leaders also held their sect's sacred treasures and stood ready for battle.

Wan Zhenshan took a step forward, holding the Thunderclap Sword in his left hand and the sect's sacred bell in his right.

He spoke solemnly and loudly.

"Disciples, heed my command! Slay the demon!"

In an instant, countless cultivators emerged from the heavens and earth, densely surrounding Hong Ling and Hong Lian.

Everyone held a magical artifact, their expressions were solemn, and they exuded a powerful spiritual aura.

These are all elite disciples from the four major sects, and even the weakest among them are at least at the Foundation Establishment stage.

It seems that the four major sects are determined to eliminate Hong Ling and Hong Lian today.

With a major battle about to erupt, on the other side, Li Ping'an, this obscure old man, was finally forgotten.

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Li Ping'an was overjoyed.

Great! Finally, no one's bothering me anymore! If I don't leave now, when will I ever get another chance?

Get out of here while you can!

Li Ping'an knew perfectly well that the scene before him was completely beyond his control.

The best course of action is to take advantage of the current intense fighting and the fact that neither side has time to spare, and escape as soon as possible.

He circulated his spiritual energy and quickened his pace, wanting to escape the battlefield as soon as possible.

However, before they could escape more than a few steps, a sharp, piercing sound suddenly rang in their ears.

A sharp sword intent came straight at his back!

In an instant, Li Ping'an broke out in a cold sweat.

It's dangerous! And extremely dangerous!

In a life-or-death situation, acting on instinct, Li Ping'an rolled to the left.

The next instant, he saw a sharp flying sword stuck straight in the spot where he had just stood, deeply embedded in the soil, its power astonishing!

Who is this person? And how can their strength be so terrifying?

Cold sweat poured down Li Ping'an's forehead. He turned his head and saw a cultivator dressed in a white Taoist robe, his sleeves fluttering, slowly descending on a flying sword.

This person is none other than Senior Brother Zhang Lu!

The eldest disciple of the Tongtian Sword Sect in the Foundation Establishment stage!

"Li Ping'an! I knew you were no good! You actually colluded with the demons! Today, I will kill you!"

Just now, when I saw Li Ping'an crawl out of that cave, he was labeled as colluding with the demons.

Zhang Lu, who was forming a formation in the sky, was overjoyed.

What?! Li Ping'an is actually a member of the demon race!

Wouldn't that mean he could openly and legitimately kill Li Ping'an?

This was exactly what Zhang Lu wanted.

For him, the war between good and evil was unimportant. He was just a mid-Foundation Establishment disciple, and in this kind of battle, he was just going to be cannon fodder.

So when the two great witches and the four major sects had already clashed.

Zhang Lu was eager to come and kill the remaining members of the demon race.

When Li Ping'an saw that the person who came was Zhang Lu, his heart sank.

This is the chief disciple of the inner sect, a cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

I heard that his cultivation level has reached the sixth level of Foundation Establishment.

Moreover, this guy has been trying to kill me for quite some time now.

This time, they will definitely show no mercy.

Sure enough, Zhang Lu said something grand and dignified.

He couldn't wait to manipulate the magic sword again and slash at Li Ping'an.

Compared to Tang Jiannan, Zhang Lu's speed is far superior.

Feeling the sharp sword wind approaching, Li Ping'an quickly dodged.

However, Zhang Lu's sword was too fast, so fast that it was just a blur.

Even though Li Ping'an had taken precautions, his arm was still slashed by a sword.

Instantly, a sharp pain shot through his arm, and blood flowed freely, staining his entire sleeve.

So fast!

Li Ping'an was shocked, but before he could react,

With a whoosh, another sword slashed horizontally.

Li Ping'an dodged again, but was a beat too slow and was struck by a sword again.

In an instant, he had two bruises on his body.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Lu clapped his hands and laughed excitedly.

"Li Ping'an! You old bastard! I've been plotting to kill you, but I never thought I could get rid of you openly today! I'm going to make you suffer!"

Seeing that Li Ping'an was powerless to resist, Zhang Lu felt relieved.

He no longer intended to kill him, but instead aimed to make Li Ping'an thoroughly torture him and make him feel pain.

Sword after sword fell.

Li Ping'an kept dodging, but his body was covered in wounds and blood, and he was in great pain.

"Damn it! This guy is too strong! I can't dodge his flying sword at all!"

Li Ping'an was in a terrible state, rolling around on the ground.

He was also constantly being hit by flying swords, causing him excruciating pain all over his body.

He rolled over and used the Wood Release technique.

With a whoosh, he appeared a hundred meters away.

"You can also use stealth techniques?"

Seeing this, Zhang Lu was slightly surprised.

"But would stealth techniques be of any use against me?"

In the instant Li Ping'an teleported, he followed closely behind.

The gleaming black flying artifact beneath his feet seemed to be no ordinary item, and it moved at an extremely high speed.

Although Li Ping'an used teleportation, Zhang Lu appeared beside him in just a few breaths.

"Okay! Continue!"

Zhang Lu snorted coldly and continued to control his flying sword to attack Li Ping'an.

Li Ping'an gritted his teeth and used his escape technique again to flee once more.

However, the next moment, Zhang Lu caught up with him again.

There was no way around it; the difference in strength was simply too obvious.

After all, Zhang Lu was a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Li Ping'an wasn't even a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

It's important to understand that there's a significant gap between the Foundation Establishment stage and the Qi Refining stage.

They sensed another flying sword approaching from behind.

After rolling on the spot, Li Ping'an suddenly formed hand seals.

"A thousand soldiers, a thousand generals! Charge!"

In an instant, two pieces of wood were flung from his hands.

After rolling twice on the ground, it instantly transformed and grew larger.

A fat general, about two meters tall and covered in red, was present.

A short, thin, wiry soldier stood in front of Li Ping'an.

With a bang, the sword energy struck Qian Jiang's thick waist.

Jiang Qian was forced to retreat several steps.

However, it remains firmly in place.

Seeing that Li Ping'an summoned two creatures that were neither too big nor too small.

Zhang Lu was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Li Ping'an! What kind of things did you summon? Two pieces of broken wood? You think you can use them for fighting? Come on! Let me see what these two junks you made are capable of!"

He stopped attacking Li Ping'an immediately.

Because Li Ping'an was already in his grasp.

He now intends to smash Li Ping'an and his two puppets to pieces.

They tortured Li Ping'an little by little.

After being frustrated for several months, he could finally give Li Ping'an a good beating.

How could he possibly let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

A burst of sword energy instantly shot out from Zhang Lu's longsword.

It struck fiercely upon the thousand generals.

With a bang, Qian Jiang's figure staggered back a few steps again.

Even his chest had a sword wound.

However, this does not seem to have much impact on Qianjiang.

He simply took a few steps back, then strode forward and stood in front of Li Ping'an.

"It's quite hard!"