89: Chapter 89 Attack

Ye Xuan gripped his long sword, spinning upward as he charged toward the nearest Cultivator.

That Cultivator had never expected that a common soldier would suddenly spring out to attack him on a battlefield filled with Mortals.

"Courting death!" The Cultivator sneered, swinging his sword to stab at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan gathered his spiritual power, and his sword instantly burst with spiritual light, parrying the Cultivator's blade.

The Cultivator was greatly alarmed to see his sword easily knocked aside by the soldier before him; a moment later, a blade pierced his chest, and blood splattered.

Ye Xuan easily killed this Cultivator, whose cultivation was only at Qi Refining Level 2. This caused the other Cultivators who were preparing to besiege Chen Mingyuan to turn their heads toward Ye Xuan, who had just exposed his cultivation.

"A Qi Refining Level 5 Cultivator?!" Those Cultivators were shocked. Seeing this man radiating thick spiritual power, they were beyond astonished.

Many of the Yan State Cultivators had already died, and the most powerful among them were merely Chen Mingyuan and Yun Yue. How had another Cultivator suddenly appeared?

Even Guo Zhengning was incredibly shocked. When had his disciple become an Immortal?!

To the side, Ye Yi gripped his large saber, staring intently at the Cultivators above, ready to coordinate with Ye Xuan.

Seeing this, Immortal Master Kuangdao immediately ordered: "Kill him! Don't let him ruin my plans!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing the order, those Cultivators swarmed forward to besiege Ye Xuan. In their eyes, this Cultivator was only at Qi Refining Level 5; they could wear him down with their superior numbers!

Ye Xuan gave a cold snort and tightened his grip on his sword. He unleashed a move from the Chaotic Flower Sword Technique, his sword strikes sharp and fierce as his figure dodged the Cultivators' attacks. His spiritual power surged outward without restraint, infusing every strike with intense Killing Intent.

This left some of the lower Rank Cultivators with no power to fight back.

Thanks to Ye Xuan's talent for cultivation and his constant slaughter on the battlefield, his current cultivation had reached Qi Refining Level 5. Even Ye Yi's cultivation had improved significantly, reaching Qi Refining Level 3.

This was the reason Ye Xuan dared to step forward.

"Aaaah...!"

Those Cultivators were ruthlessly cut down by Ye Xuan, causing Immortal Master Kuangdao a pang of distress as he watched.

He shouted at the remaining Cultivators, "Hurry up and suppress him!"

The strongest among them, a Qi Refining Level 5, immediately stepped out upon hearing the command. He lashed out with a long whip, intercepting Ye Xuan's sword.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan immediately blocked with his sword. Having exhausted his spiritual power, he was sent flying several meters back.

As the whip-wielding Cultivator closed in, Ye Yi, who had been standing by, suddenly leaped into the air. His large saber swung, creating a black whirlwind that charged toward the whip-wielder.

"Bang!" The black whirlwind, carrying chilling Saber Qi, slammed heavily into the whip-wielding Cultivator's back.

That Cultivator had been focused entirely on Ye Xuan and was completely unprepared for an ambush from behind. Struck instantly by the attack, he hurriedly used his long whip to block, lashing out several times before he finally managed to withstand the whirlwind-like saber strike.

Nearby, Ye Xuan took a large gulp of crimson blood wine. This concentrated fruit wine completely replenished his exhausted spiritual power in an instant.

Ye Yi landed steadily beside Ye Xuan, holding his large saber across his chest as he said in a deep voice, "If you want to touch my brother, you have to get through me first!"

Although his Qi Refining Level 3 spiritual power wasn't as thick as his opponent's, it had been tempered through slaughter on the battlefield, causing those Cultivators to subconsciously hesitate.

Immortal Master Kuangdao, who was still locked in combat with Chen Mingyuan and Yun Yue, cursed upon seeing this: "Damn it! I didn't expect you Yan State people to be hiding more Cultivators!"

He pulled out a jade talisman flashing with blue light and sneered at Chen Mingyuan and Yun Yue: "If you want to die, I'll fulfill your wish!"

"Not good! Junior Sister! We must retreat!"

Chen Mingyuan recognized at a glance that what Immortal Master Kuangdao held was a First-Grade Thunderfire Talisman. Now that their spiritual power was exhausted, they couldn't win a direct confrontation!

Unwillingness filled Yun Yue's eyes. She gritted her teeth and looked at the two soldiers who had suddenly revealed themselves as Cultivators, saying immediately: "Senior Brother! Protect those two Cultivators first! With them, we might have a chance of defeating Immortal Master Kuangdao!"

"Fine, I'll listen to you!" Hearing his Junior Sister say this, Chen Mingyuan complied, though he was reluctant.

He gripped his sword and rushed toward Ye Xuan and Ye Yi.

In an instant, lightning covered the ground, and the air along its path sizzled from the heat.

The soldiers were powerless to stop it and were all blown to pieces. Ye Xuan looked up and was horrified to see the power of the Thunderfire Talisman.

This was the first time he had seen a Talismanic Incantation; he hadn't expected it to be so powerful!

Seeing the two Cultivators coming to protect them, Ye Xuan said to Ye Yi: "Yi-zi! Let's use our spiritual power too! The power of this Lightning Talisman is immense; I'm afraid the soldiers and Master behind us will be caught in the blast!"

"Yes, brother!"

The lightning from the talisman collided with the powerful spiritual energy, triggering a massive spiritual explosion that blasted a huge crater into the area.

The battle at Jinshi Pass resulted in heavy losses, and the Jin State soldiers remained behind closed doors.

By the time Ye Xuan led the army to a safe area, Chen Mingyuan and Yun Yue were in a sorry state. Chen Mingyuan, in particular, stared at the two Ye brothers with constant suspicion in his eyes.

Yun Yue stepped forward and gave a gentle smile. "Thank you, Fellow Daoists. If not for you two, we would have been besieged by that Kuangdao and found it difficult to escape."

Ye Xuan said calmly, "Fairy, there is no need for such courtesy."

Yun Yue sized the two of them up. She saw they were handsome, yet wearing the most ordinary of soldiers' clothes. Had they not used spiritual power, Yun Yue would have thought they were just mundane soldiers.

She asked with some confusion, "Since you two are Cultivators, why hide your identities and mingle with a mundane army?"

Ye Xuan's eyes darkened slightly as he spoke slowly, "Fairy may not know, but my brother and I did not hide intentionally. We simply come from a humble background and have practiced bitterly for years to reach this level of cultivation; we truly did not dare to reveal it lightly."

"Hah! This is the first time I've seen Cultivators so timid!" Chen Mingyuan mocked from the side.

"Senior Brother!" Yun Yue chided. She wore a smile on her face. "Fellow Daoist, do not mind him. The Yan State has always held Immortals in high regard. Now that you two have shown such cultivation on the battlefield, you cannot remain obscure. If you are willing, I can provide an introduction for you."

Ye Xuan and Ye Yi exchanged a glance, then Ye Xuan said, "We won't trouble the Fairy."

"It's no trouble; your intervention helped us, after all," Yun Yue laughed.

Then, Yun Yue and Chen Mingyuan departed on their flying swords.

After the two Cultivators left, Guo Zhengning, who had been silent for a long time, patted Ye Xuan and Ye Yi's arms in amazement.

"Well done, you two! You're actually both Immortals! This really brings honor to Elder Ye!"

Ye Xuan smiled and said nothing. If Guo Zhengning knew that basically their entire family were Immortals, who knew how shocked he would be.

When the other soldiers saw that the two Ye brothers were Immortals, they became respectful, but the Ye brothers were still the comrades who had faced life and death with them.

Their status as Immortals did not create much of a rift between them.

When they reached the military camp, Ye Xuan had just entered when he saw Scarface leading a group of soldiers, looking at them with a smug expression.

Scarface shouted loudly, "Ye Xuan! Ye Yi! You failed to take Jinshi Pass; it's time for you to be punished under military law!"