Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16415

Chapter 16413. Death in Battle

A loud boom was heard as the longsword struck the double-headed spear, bending it into a bow. The Blood Slaughter Sect cultivator was forced backward, while the Divine Kingdom cultivator led the kingdom-level experts forward, constantly wielding his longsword as he charged. Giant elephant-like sword auras surged forward, and they followed behind them. Suddenly, they noticed people ahead. Just as they prepared to fight, a voice called out, “Our own people!” They looked closely and indeed saw that the people in front of them were from the Divine Kingdom—clearly reinforcements sent from other bases of the Divine Kingdom.

The cultivator wielding the longsword’s eyes reddened the moment he saw them. He immediately shouted, “Why didn’t you come to our aid?”

The cultivators from the divine kingdom paled upon hearing this. One of them looked at the sword-wielding cultivator with displeasure and then said, “We arrived a long time ago, but we couldn’t get in.”

The sword-wielding cultivator turned and looked around, only to discover that they couldn’t see General Li’s base from their position. His expression changed, and he sighed deeply. Then he turned to look at the group, his eyes reddening, and said, “General Li is dead.”

Though his voice wasn’t loud, it was like a thunderclap, instantly striking their ears. Their expressions changed drastically. The cultivator wielding the longsword said, “Let’s go, we must break out.” With that, he swung his sword again, unleashing a stylized sword aura that surged forward. The others quickly followed, and the cultivators from the Divine Kingdom also hurried behind them. They were now trapped in the Blood Slaughter Sect’s illusion array, and they had to break out.

Fortunately, they broke through the illusion array in no time. As soon as they were out of its range, they flew towards the nearest base. They arrived there quickly, and the base commander greeted them. The cultivator wielding the long sword immediately bowed to the commander and said, “Elder Chen, something terrible has happened! General Li is dead! The Blood Slaughter Sect also possesses a sect-protecting treasure-level magic weapon. When I attacked their Creation Golden Wheel, they also used a sect-protecting treasure-level magic weapon to block our attack. Then, a large number of their kingdom-level experts rushed into the base. When General Li led everyone out of the base, they encountered their obstruction again. To cover our retreat, General Li personally stayed behind and was surrounded and attacked by the Blood Slaughter Sect. Although General Li was still alive when we broke out, he didn’t have a sect-protecting treasure-level magic weapon and was surrounded by multiple kingdom-level experts. There was no way he could have come out alive.” By the end, his eyes were red.

Upon hearing this, Elder Chen’s expression changed drastically. He immediately said, “I’ll send a letter to the higher-ups right now. Someone, immediately notify the commanders of the other bases and invite them to a meeting here.” Someone responded immediately and went to make the arrangements. However, everyone’s face showed panic. General Li’s death had a huge impact on them. General Li was their commander, and his death would severely damage their morale. They didn’t know what to do next.

Elder Chen then took out a jade slip, entered some information into it, and placed it on a communication array, sending the message directly. Elder Chen then led everyone back to the base. Soon after, the commanders of the other bases arrived at Elder Chen’s base, their faces still showing confusion. After all, their commander was General Li, and it was Elder Chen who had summoned them for this meeting. They were all puzzled.

After everyone had arrived, Elder Chen spoke, “I have some unfortunate news to share: General Li has died in battle. You’d better report this as soon as possible.”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expression changed; they were all shocked by the news. A military commander exclaimed in disbelief, “This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!”

Elder Chen looked at him and said, “It’s true. It’s news from someone in the same base as General Li. General Li is surrounded by the Blood Slaughter Sect members. There’s an illusion array there, and he can’t get out.”

“I’ll immediately organize people to seek reinforcements.”

“It’s no use. There’s an illusion array there; we can’t get in. I sent people to help before, but they couldn’t get in.”

Upon hearing this, the military commander slumped down, his face turning extremely grim. However, he seemed to remember something and immediately took out a jade slip, transmitting the message directly. The others then realized what was happening and also took out their jade slips, transmitting the message as well.

After everyone had spread the news, Elder Chen finally spoke up: “The current situation is, what should we do next? The Blood Slaughter Sect has also brought out its most treasured magic weapon, which means that our only advantage against them is gone. And as you all saw, they only attacked fifty bases today, but they have a full one hundred Creation Golden Wheels. If they sent out all one hundred Creation Golden Wheels today, that means that two Creation Golden Wheels were attacking one of our bases. No wonder they were able to set up an illusion array at our base.”

Upon hearing Elder Chen’s words, everyone frowned. They had thought their arrangements were excellent, but they hadn’t expected that under the Blood Slaughter Sect’s attack, their plans would be useless. Even General Li had been killed in battle, which was a huge blow to their morale.

At this moment, an elder suddenly spoke up: “There’s no use discussing this now. Anyway, we’ve already reported this matter. What to do next depends on what we hear from above. I should go back; I’m worried our base will be attacked.” With that, he stood up and walked out, showing no respect to Elder Chen.

Elder Chen’s face darkened at his actions, and he immediately said, “Elder Liu, what do you mean by this? We’re all discussing how to deal with the Blood Slaughter Sect, and you’re just leaving like this?”

Elder Liu glanced back at Elder Chen and then said, “Discuss? What can we possibly come up with? Besides, even if we do come to a conclusion, who can make the final decision? You?” He then ignored Elder Chen and turned to leave. The others exchanged glances upon hearing Elder Liu’s words, and then they all stood up and walked out as well. This infuriated Elder Chen, who gritted his teeth and glared at the departing people. As those people left, he couldn’t help but curse, “Idiots! A bunch of idiots! If we can’t unite now, we won’t even know how we died! The Blood Slaughter Sect is so strong; if we don’t unite, how can we fight them? A bunch of idiots!”

Elder Chen was truly enraged. He didn’t want to be the commander; he sensed danger. He knew perfectly well that if they couldn’t unite now, they would be in real danger later. The Blood Slaughter Sect’s strength was clearly far greater than they had imagined. He simply wanted to unite everyone and act together. Who could have imagined that these people would react like this?

Despite his cursing, the outcome was unchangeable. He could only wait for news from above; there was nothing he could do except wait for it.

Meanwhile, Gongliang Juewen summoned all the members of various sects and families to the main hall. Once everyone had arrived, Gongliang Juewen looked at them and said, “I think you have all received the news. General Li has died in battle. The Blood Slaughter Sect attacked General Li’s base today. They must have deployed two Creation Golden Wheels and also brought out a sect-protecting treasure-level magic weapon. General Li died while covering the retreat of the others. Now, Thousand Lotus Mountain is leaderless. Everyone, tell me, what should we do next?”

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. Gongliang Juewen looked at them but didn’t say anything, just waited quietly to see who would speak first.

At this moment, a sect leader suddenly spoke up, “Your Majesty, I believe our people should withdraw from Thousand Lotus Mountain. The people there already know about General Li’s death, which has dealt a huge blow to their morale. Most importantly, we cannot withstand the Blood Slaughter Sect’s attack. They used the Creation Golden Wheel to release a magic array to break through our base, and then used another array to cover it. They also possess sect-level treasures and a large number of kingdom-level experts. With this configuration, we cannot stop any of our bases at Thousand Lotus Mountain from attacking us. Therefore, I think it’s pointless for us to continue our stalemate at Thousand Lotus Mountain. It’s time to abandon the Thousand Lotus Mountain base.”

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. To be honest, they also wanted to retreat from Thousand Lotus Mountain, but they hadn’t said anything. Now, hearing the sect leader’s words, they all agreed, but they still wanted to see how Gongliang Juewen would react.

After listening to the sect leader’s words, Gongliang Juewen frowned and then said, “But this puts us in a very passive position. If they occupy Qianhe Mountain, they can attack our first line of defense whenever they want. How do we solve this?”

At this moment, a sect leader spoke up, “Your Majesty, the fact is that even if we send people to guard Qianhe Mountain, they will still attack. We are already at a disadvantage there. Should we further reduce our forces? The more we reduce our forces, the fewer bases we will have at Qianhe Mountain, making it easier for them to deal with us. Their Creation Golden Wheel is too powerful; it can transform into all sorts of magic arrays. If they use magic arrays to trap all our bases and then attack us, wouldn’t it be the same result? Therefore, I think it’s pointless for our people to stay at Qianhe Mountain any longer. We should focus on developing our first line of defense.”