337: The terrifying leader

He really intends to destroy Xuanwu City!

Ye Beixuan's alarm bells went off. Just as he was about to communicate with his ancestral spirit, a hand landed on his shoulder.

"Don't be nervous! My target is the malevolent spirits, and it has been from the start."

Seeing that the other party didn't believe him, Xu Le applied slight pressure with his right hand. "If I wanted to destroy Xuanwu City, why would I need to do it myself? I just have to wait one day, and the Water Dragon spirit will bring tens of millions of malevolent spirits here."

Ye Beixuan gritted his teeth, "Why should I trust you?"

Xu Le smiled, "Do you have a choice?"

Time slowly passed. One minute later, Ye Beixuan still hadn't made a decision, still thinking of a way to break the situation.

"This isn't like you! The former Ye Beixuan was heroic and decisive, daring to fight even when facing tens of millions of malevolent spirits!"

"Regarding the fate of the entire Xuanwu City, I won't make a rash decision just because of your flattery!" As soon as Ye Beixuan finished speaking, he saw a strange smile on Xu Le's face.

???

He saw the monk in front of him suddenly make a move, tapping one of the guards beside him.

The speed was completely invisible to the naked eye.

Even his spirit perception could only sense an afterimage.

Too fast!

I must stop him!

Ye Beixuan was burning with anxiety, hastily communicating with his ancestral spirit, and the Berserk Ape spirit jumped out.

Before it could move, a white jade finger tapped its forehead.

What is this?

It doesn't seem to hurt at all!

Ye Beixuan felt strange. He could sense the feelings of his ancestral spirit, but he didn't detect anything unusual. Suppressing his confusion, he commanded aloud, "Tear him to shreds!"

The Berserk Ape spirit made no movement.

Could it be an Illusion Technique?

Why do I feel nothing?

As Ye Beixuan was confused, he suddenly felt something was wrong. The monk in front of him had transformed into the appearance of a handsome middle-aged uncle—which was his own appearance.

"Who exactly are you? What do you want to do?"

Ye Beixuan panicked!

He couldn't imagine what the other party intended to do by transforming into him. If it were peacetime, it might be fine, but now that war was about to break out, one mistake could lead to the destruction of Xuanwu City and the death of its people.

"Ape spirit, kill him!"

"It's useless. Just stay here and watch the show; no one will notice you!"

!!!

Only then did Ye Beixuan suddenly remember.

When the monk walked over, no one had noticed him. Only the four guards beside him had reacted slightly, but now they, like the Ape spirit, were standing foolishly in place with their eyes wide open.

Xu Le waved his hand, "Activate the Formation to defend Xuanwu City!"

"Don't!"

Ye Beixuan panicked!

If the Formation was activated, wouldn't that mean they were going straight to war without further discussion?

Currently, the spirits besieging the city were relatively friendly spirit Race members. If those malevolent spirits came over, wouldn't there be rivers of blood?

But his voice was destined to be unheard. Everyone, hearing the Commander's order, began to move.

A white light barrier rose, blocking all the spirit Race members outside.

The spirit Race immediately became furious!

"Shameless humans, how dare you underestimate our spirit Race!"

"Stubborn and incorrigible!"

"Waaah! Kill them!"

"..."

All the spirit Race members began attacking the protective shield.

Xu Le began deploying tactics.

Simple yet brutal.

He split up everyone from the First to Fifth Squads, assigning each person to intercept one Blazing Sun Realm Peak malevolent spirit;

The Sixth to Tenth Squads were responsible for patrolling and supporting weak points along the city walls;

The remaining Squads were each responsible for a section of the city wall.

Ye Beixuan's eyes nearly split open upon hearing this. Was this a tactic? This was clearly suicide.

The leading spirits outside were all elites of their race, having established great reputations.

Although the top five ranked Squads were all in the Blazing Sun Realm, most of them were one or two minor Realms behind.

Even at the same Realm, the spirit Race, due to their long lifespan, had ten times more combat experience than humans. A three-on-one fight would be barely manageable; how could they fight one-on-one?

Sure enough, the Captain of the First Squad immediately jumped out, "Commander, we can't win."

Before Ye Beixuan could mentally applaud, he heard Xu Le's cold voice, "A great catastrophe is upon us. Do you fear death and refuse to fight?"

"No! I just don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices..." Before the First Squad Captain could finish, he heard an even colder voice.

"Li Jiaqi! Abandoning Xuanwu City and shaking military morale during a great battle is a capital offense!"

Li Jiaqi thought, *This is bad*, and immediately tried to summon his ancestral spirit to resist, but his Soul was suppressed by an overbearing Divine Soul. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the Berserk Ape spirit had already leaped in front of him.

"He's not..."

Boom!

Li Jiaqi's head was directly smashed.

The rest of the people were silent with fear, not daring to make another sound.

Xu Le said, "If you fully protect Xuanwu City, you will be Xuanwu City's heroes and will survive; if you focus on escaping and violate my orders, you will all be treated as deserters."

I know some of you are unconvinced, thinking that I must rely on you.

Your thoughts are very correct!

However, there are only 72 Blazing Sun Realm Peak malevolent spirits, and a total of 465 Blazing Sun Realm malevolent spirits. I only need 465 Blazing Sun Realm cultivators.

In other words, I can kill 36 more people."

"Hiss!" Everyone felt their scalps tingle upon hearing this. How heavy must this killing intent be?

Seeing everyone's fear, Xu Le threw out a sweet bait: "Of course, I only need you to hold them off for one minute. After one minute, you may withdraw completely.

If you persist until the end, everyone will be rewarded with two months' worth of contribution."

Although they knew the "Commander's" promise was likely false, the thought of being able to escape... withdraw after holding on for just one minute, lifted everyone's spirits.

"Shut down the Formation on the East Gate side and lure all the spirit Race members here!"

Xu Le waved his hand, and the soldiers in charge of the Formation immediately carried out the order.

The protective shield, which had been besieged for a long time, suddenly vanished, exciting all the spirit Race members outside.

However, they also knew that the humans were preparing for a bloody fight. To truly break the shield, they would need to besiege it with full force for about three days.

After the Blazing Sun Realm Peaks from the other city gates gathered, Old Woman Shanfeng took the lead, jumping onto the city wall first, only to be dragged onto the wall by the Anti-Air Formation.

"Beixuan brat..."

Before she could finish speaking, a pristine white finger had already tapped her head.

Universal Salvation was fully deployed!

Old Woman Shanfeng's eyes instantly became devout. "God!"

Xu Le waved his hand and collected her into the Zhiwei Tower.

The ancestral spirit Iron-Armored Pig was halfway through charging when it heard Hong Ji's giggling, and was immediately mesmerized on the spot.

"This is bad!" Du Yuechu cried out internally. He had originally planned to hold on for one minute and then escape... withdraw, but in a single encounter, his ancestral spirit was affected.

"Am I going to die? I'm so unwilling!"

Just as he was wailing internally, the Berserk Ape spirit leaped over and slammed Hong Ji down to Xu Le's feet with a palm.

"Why is the Commander's ancestral spirit so strong? That Hong Ji was so scared she stood foolishly still. Did the Commander hold back before?"

Xu Le ignored the other person's thoughts, gave Hong Ji another dose of Universal Salvation, picked her up, and threw her into the Zhiwei Tower.

There were many such scenes.

Many people discovered that their Commander's ancestral spirit had become terrifyingly powerful. Even veteran spirit Race bigshots were defeated with a single, easy slap.

In less than a minute, all the Blazing Sun Realm Peak malevolent spirits had disappeared from the battlefield.

Next were the Blazing Sun Realm Middle Stage and Blazing Sun Realm Early Stage spirits. In less than three minutes, all 465 Blazing Sun Realm spirits had lost their combat ability.

Xu Le waved his hand, "Capture as many as you can alive. The lowest-level spirits give 1 contribution for 10, Morning Star spirits give 1 contribution for 1, and Bright Moon Realm spirits give 10 contribution for 1."

"Yes!" Everyone became excited.

Although the contribution reward was small, there were many spirit Race members on the field!