Chapter 1023: Offensive and Defensive Battle

The next day, the Lunjian between the disciples of Taixu Gate and Tianjian Sect began.

In the outer field of Lun Dao Mountain, it was still packed with people, but the number of watching cultivators was significantly fewer than before.

They found it uninteresting.

Taixu Gate's strongest team had been successively defeated in the Di-zi Bureau's Lunjian, their performance extremely poor, with almost no noteworthy actions.

Many people no longer held any expectations.

What's more, this Lunjian was an attack-defense war, and they were facing a top-tier sword cultivation sect – Tianjian Sect.

Tianjian Sect inherited the ancient Tianjian Jue.

This Tianjian Jue was also one of the most superior sword dao law formulas in the Qianxue State Boundary, its power quite fearsome.

With Tianjian Sect attacking, its sword qi killing and cutting, looking across the entire Qianxue State Boundary, even if the four great sects' Longding Sect, the eight great gates' Vajra Gate, these two body cultivation sects renowned for their toughness and defense, could not necessarily withstand it.

Let alone the mere Taixu Gate.

In Taixu Gate, there simply were no truly top-tier body cultivators.

Furthermore, there was that "one touch and shatter" Mo Hua.

In the hearts of most cultivators, this was a match with almost no chance of winning, and no watching points.

Taixu Gate was at a disadvantage in the matchup, with disadvantage upon disadvantage, and was sure to lose.

Of course, among the audience, there was still a part holding expectations.

But their expectation was that Tianjian Sect could catch Mo Hua's flaw and, in this Lunjian, split and kill Mo Hua with one sword.

This was a simple expectation.

"Want to personally see Mo Hua die once."

From the Xuan-zi Bureau, not even from the Huang-zi Bureau preliminary round onwards, this had already become an obsession in the hearts of many watching cultivators.

They sought nothing else, solely for this obsession, hanging by this single breath, then everything else was unobstructed, coming to watch Mo Hua's Lunjian.

No way, this stinky boy Mo Hua, his evil deeds accumulated, too infuriating.

Not dying once makes it hard to clear people's thoughts.

Shangguan family's high platform.

Yu'er also drooped his head, occasionally reluctantly lifting his head, glancing at Fang Tian Hua Ying.

He dared not look a bit.

In the Xuan-zi Bureau's Lunjian, Brother Mo and the group of "big fools" played around in circles, and he watched very happily.

But in the Di-zi Bureau's Lunjian, Brother Mo just kept losing.

He watched uncomfortably, really a bit not wanting to watch anymore.

But this was Brother Mo's match, and he was reluctant not to watch.

What if he could win?

If he didn't watch, wouldn't it be a pity?

Yu'er then furrowed his brows, clutched the corner of his clothes, tensed his small face, and forced himself to watch Fang Tian Hua Ying.

Besides Yu'er, Wenren Wan, Gu Changhuai, Zhang Lan, Murong Caiyun, Hua Qianqian, and other "relatives and friends" of Mo Hua had more or less calmer mindsets.

Losing at first was a bit heart-wrenching, but losing and losing, they also got used to it.

Victory and defeat are common affairs in military matters.

Although they hoped Mo Hua would win, they also knew that human power had limits, and some things were simply impossible.

After all, this was the Qianxue Lunjian Assembly, with numerous heavenly prides.

Mo Hua being able to fight to this stage was already very impressive.

Therefore, they came to watch simply to support Mo Hua.

What's more, they could more or less clearly see the situation of this Lunjian in their hearts, so they were mentally prepared and did not hold too much expectation.

And the situation quickly verified the guesses of most people.

Taixu Gate at the beginning, again successively retreated.

This was an attack-defense war, its reference form being the "attack city war" and "defend city war" in cultivation path wars.

Tianjian Sect attacked the city, Taixu Gate defended the city.

Of course, the form was "simplified."

After all, Lunjian only had five people, and true cultivation path wars, often involving thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of cultivators participating in a grand attack-defense war, were different. This was only a simple "prototype" for disciples to compete and practice through Lunjian.

There was also no real "city."

Only in the Lunjian field, a "camp" was built, separated by city walls, divided into outer and inner cities, and in the inner city, a "city lord" statue was built.

The attacking side had to break the outer city, enter the inner city, and ultimately destroy the city lord statue.

The defending side needed to guard the statue.

The attack city war had a time limit.

Within two hours, if the attacking side broke the city, they won. If the defending side guarded the city, they won.

And Taixu Gate only needed to endure two hours under the sword qi killing and cutting of Tianjian Sect.

This was not so simple.

The so-called guarding the outer city, simply speaking, was guarding the "city gate."

The outer city had two city gates, requiring people to be divided to guard them.

The inner city had one city gate, requiring people to be left to guard it.

Like this, manpower was dispersed, which was even more fatal for a team like Taixu Gate, an "incomplete" team.

The key was still Mo Hua.

This round further exposed Mo Hua's flaws as a "spirit cultivation."

Before the Lunjian began, someone saw this point:

"In this kind of round, this Mo Hua is useless, isn't he?"

"Anyway, I can't imagine what use he could have..."

"Attack city war, direct confrontation, fundamentally no opportunistic leeway..."

"However good his hidden technique is, others fundamentally don't care about him."

"However good his body method is, he can only escape, but this is defending the city, where can he escape to?"

"Low-end five elements spells may not defend against Tianjian Sect's sword qi."

"His small fragile body, even if he goes to block, it's just a matter of one sword..."

"Horizontal and vertical, he's useless. I think he'd better just squat towards the inner city at the beginning of the war and rely on his teammates to drag time..."

"Anyway, winning or losing isn't his business..."

Someone jested.

And when the Lunjian began, the image was presented on Fang Tian Hua Ying.

The crowd discovered that Mo Hua actually really did as they said, not managing anything, just squatting behind the inner city wall, his back to the crowd, stealthily, not knowing what he was doing, looking still somewhat "lecherous"...

This again provoked the crowd's anger.

"No... I was just playing around, he really squatted towards the inner city?"

"Teammates are fighting desperately, he's dodging for his life?"

"At least go out and throw a few fireballs, it's better than hiding here, stealthily doing what?"

"Greedy for life, afraid of death?"

And while discussing fervently, a few sharp-eyed and careful cultivators also said:

"This Mo Hua is setting up an array law, isn't he?"

Someone cold laughed: "Setting up an array law takes how much time?"

"All are ready-made."

"Lunjian's array laws are all pre-drawn, reviewed by elders, then brought in, and set up during the war. As for letting him squat there and fiddle for half a day..."

Array law power is strong, but the preparation time is too long.

Cultivators' battles always require array laws to be prepared beforehand and set up in advance.

Otherwise, preparing array laws during a war is like cooking a cold dish.

Lunjian Assembly is no exception.

Mo Hua squatting there and "fiddling" for half a day, saying he was setting up an array law, but others saw it as "loafing on the job," being completely "mixing."

"He's so negative and passive in the war, can Taixu Gate really not manage him?"

"Can Taixu Gate endure me like this?"

"I see he's not the sect master's illegitimate child, the sect master is his illegitimate child, otherwise it's impossible to spoil him like a 'father'..."

The Lunjian was still continuing.

Taixu Gate's strength was originally at a disadvantage.

The match system was also a disadvantage.

Under the situation of disadvantage upon disadvantage, there was still that "crown prince" being "negative and passive in the war."

The war situation was naturally self-evident.

Tianjian Sect's sword qi was like a rainbow, its momentum like breaking bamboo, successively breaking two city gates, passing through the outer city, and killing towards the inner city.

This process was simple, relaxed, and smooth.

Linghu Xiao and several others exhausted their full effort, bitterly resisting.

But their efforts, except for delaying some time, did not cause a trace of a ripple.

Quickly, they successively lost ground, forced back to the inner city.

Tianjian Sect's five disciples gathered outside the inner city gate.

This was the last line of defense.

As long as they broke the front city gate, attacked into the inner city, killed into the great hall, chopped and killed all the Taixu Gate disciples blocking the road, and then hacked off the city lord statue, this Lunjian would be taken down.

Tianjian Sect would again win one round, taking another step towards the position of Lunjian champion among the four great sects.

This was again a crushing victory.

"Taixu Gate, again about to lose..."

This thought also floated in the hearts of most cultivators outside the field.

Moreover, the loss was becoming more and more a matter of course.

Not a single bit of ups and downs.

Some cultivators outside the field sighed, beginning to feel utterly bored.

"Watching this kind of Lunjian is really a waste of time..."

"I can guess what happens next with my eyes closed..."

"Nothing more than Tianjian Sect disciples breaking the city gate, rushing in and killing, a fierce battle, chopping down Linghu Xiao and several others..."

"Mo Hua that boy will again pinch Lun Dao Jade once and escape far away."

"Then Tianjian Sect will split the city lord statue, and it will just end..."

"The gap between the four great sects and Taixu Gate is still too big, Taixu Gate is fundamentally impossible to win..."

Shangguan family's watching platform.

Yu'er was dejected, his small face full of disappointment.

Wenren Wan touched Yu'er's head, softly comforting him.

Zhang Lan and others also had somewhat gloomy expressions.

The atmosphere was somewhat depressed for a time.

And inside the Lunjian field, Tianjian Sect disciples were already urging their Tianxing Swords, pure white sword qi carrying shocking force, splitting towards the city gate one after another.

Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and Ouyang Xuan made moves one after another to block.

Linghu Xiao also urged his Chongxu Sword qi, offsetting the sword qi of Tianjian Sect disciples.

But Tianjian Sect's sword qi was too heavy to kill, five people joining forces, their sword qi carrying heaven qi, vast and mighty, fundamentally unstoppable head-on.

Cheng Mo and the others successively retreated.

Linghu Xiao was also struggling alone.

Pure white Tianxing Sword qi, path after path, split on the city gate, just like splitting on the hearts of the Taixu Gate cultivators.

Every sword made people's hearts tremble.

Once the city gate was broken, this round would be declared over.

Everything that followed would also be meaningless.

Many people did not want this city gate to be broken, did not want Taixu Gate to lose.

But more people were waiting for the city gate to be broken.

They were waiting for the Taixu Gate disciples to be chopped down one by one by the sword.

Time, in this tense entanglement, passed bit by bit.

Tianjian Sect's disciples were still using sword qi to constantly split the door.

The city gate was still "bitterly" supporting itself.

But after splitting for a long time, the city gate still wasn't broken...

On the watching platform, the crowd began to look at each other, feeling something was not right.

After a while, Tianjian Sect's disciples were still splitting the door.

The city gate, silently bearing all the Tianxing Sword qi, seemed like it would shatter into pieces in the next moment, but after a long time, there was still no movement.

This city gate was just like cast iron.

At this, everyone's faces changed.

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"What's going on..."

"This city gate, isn't it quite right?"

"It's not the city gate that's not right, it's the array law on the door... seems not quite right?"

Then, outside cultivators proficient in array law, or some sects' array law elders, carefully examined the city gate, seeing the faintly visible array law light covered by dense sword qi.

Upon this careful look, someone's expression was immediately greatly shocked, suddenly rising and saying:

"High-tier array law!!"

"Taixu Gate is using high-tier array law in Lunjian?!"

The field was silent for an instant, then stirred up a great wave.

Just like one stone stirring up a thousand layers of waves.

The crowd became thoroughly noisy.

"Second-grade high-tier array law?!"

"What a joke?"

"Lunjian's limited array law can only be second-grade mid-tier, right?"

"This doesn't conform to the rules, does it..."

"Cheating?"

"Taixu Gate is cheating?"

"Absurd..."

Successively someone questioned: "When did he bring this array law in?"

"Lunjian rules are strict, what things are brought into the field are all personally checked by elders, absolutely impossible to allow a trace of favoritism and fraud."

"Taixu Gate... bribed Lun Dao Mountain elders?"

"Does Taixu Gate have such great ability?"

And more than the cultivators watching outside the field, those who couldn't sit still were the elders of Lun Dao Mountain.

Those who could be elders in Lun Dao Mountain were generally old, senior, prestigious, and acted fairly.

This duty was both dignified and idle.

Originally, they were just sitting, drinking tea, and leisurely watching the Lunjian events.

As a result, when a high-tier array law appeared, some elders were truly scared, their hands' cups all breaking.

"Something happened!"

"It's over, how did this child bring a high-tier array law in?"

"The ancestor's rules are all broken..."

"Who checked him?"

"Truly old and confused..."

One elder said with a stiff neck: "Don't talk nonsense, when he entered the field, I searched him clearly, there was no high-tier array law."

"Then where did this array law of his come from?"

"Quick, check, check..."

So someone began to rewind Fang Tian Hua Ying, starting from the beginning of the Lunjian, picture by picture, to see what Mo Hua had done exactly.

To avoid suspicion and ensure fairness and impartiality, without backroom dealings.

This rewind picture could also be seen by the watching cultivators outside the field.

On Fang Tian Hua Ying, a small picture screen popped up, replaying all of Mo Hua's actions from the moment he entered the field.

Everyone, not watching the Lunjian anymore, all stared with wide eyes, concentrating, to watch Mo Hua's "replay."

The picture quickly flowed through once, and quickly, it froze at the most "suspicious" scene.

Mo Hua squatting in the corner, back to the crowd, stealthily, not knowing what he was fiddling with.

"Quick, change the angle," commanded a Lun Dao Mountain elder.

So the picture turned, showing Mo Hua's front face.

What he was doing with his hands was also clearly seen.

Everyone in Lun Dao Mountain choked.

Then instantly there was a full field uproar.

At this moment, they finally clearly saw what Mo Hua was doing while squatting in the corner, stealthily...

He was indeed "fiddling" with an array law.

But not setting up an array law.

But drawing an array law!

In the Lunjian Assembly, at the moment when the heavenly prides of both sides confronted each other, he personally drew an array law on the spot!

Lunjian Assembly did not allow bringing in second-grade senior array laws.

Then he just did it himself, drawing a high-tier array law on the spot!

The crowd was speechless for a time, not knowing what to say.

After a moment of silence, someone also doubted: "Not right... where did the array medium for him to draw a second-grade high-tier array law come from?"

Someone saw it: "From the other array laws he brought in, temporarily dismantled."

"Then his array pen?"

"Lunjian allows carrying spiritual tools, he didn't bring weapons, just an array pen."

"An array pen is an array master's weapon..."

"Then spiritual ink? Where did he get the ink?"

"Don't know..."

Someone shook their head, and most cultivators were also quite puzzled.

But there were also cultivators who had participated in Lunjian and researched the rules quite thoroughly, explaining:

"Lunjian disciples can choose to bring in some 'miscellaneous items', and spiritual ink is among the miscellaneous items."

"No..." someone was perplexed, "Why put spiritual ink in miscellaneous items? How can spiritual ink be counted as miscellaneous items? Which bastard set the rules? Does he have any common sense?"

"Lun Dao Mountain ancestor set it..."

The previous cultivator slapped his own mouth: "Sorry, I spoke carelessly, the ancestor was right... spiritual ink should be put in miscellaneous items."

Someone summarized: "So... this boy Mo Hua dismantled the array medium, brought his own array pen, and then used the spiritual ink from miscellaneous items, did it himself, drew a second-grade high-tier array law, and set it up on the city gate?"

"You can still play like this?"

"Is this reasonable?"

"How exactly did this boy's head grow? Can he utilize loopholes to this extent?"

"Where is this a loophole, this is clearly cheating?"

"Lunjian Assembly, using high-tier array law, how can others still play? What is this not cheating?"

"What you and I say doesn't count."

"At least on the surface, it does conform to the rules."

"Let's talk about it later, let's still watch the Lunjian... Although high-tier array law is powerful, it is facing the five heavenly prides of Tianjian Sect, one high-tier array law against five heavenly prides, who wins and who loses is still uncertain, isn't it?"

"Don't get ahead of yourself, using a high-tier array law and still losing in the end, that might just lose face..." someone cold laughed.

Someone was unconvinced, "You also too underestimate high-tier array law. That is a high-tier array law, and from Mo Hua's hand, it is definitely a top-level nineteen-pattern array law. Do you think this level of array law is a joke?"

The crowd discussed fervently at this time.

Inside the Lunjian field, Tianjian Sect's disciples also detected something was wrong.

"High-tier array law?"

The leading tall and slender Tianjian Sect heavenly pride frowned, then said in a deep voice, "So what if it's a high-tier array law? I want to see today exactly whether your array law is sturdy, or my Tianjian Sect's sword qi is sharp?"

"Kill!"

The other four people also responded together: "Kill!!"

The five people no longer hesitated, no longer held back in the slightest, spiritual power surging, urging their entire body's sword qi to the extreme.

Sharper Tianjian qi, path after path, split on the city gate.

Even with the addition of the high-tier array law, the city gate also bore fine cracks for a time, mixed with shock, sand and dust rustling down.

But Mo Hua was not anxious.

Linghu Xiao and several others also just followed Mo Hua's instructions, occasionally going out to harass a bit.

Before, they wanted to resist Tianjian Sect disciples and protect the city gate.

But now, the city gate had the addition of a high-tier array law and could itself resist Tianjian Sect disciples. They just needed to occasionally go out and harass a bit to reduce the pressure on the city gate.

This was much more relaxed.

Between the entanglement of both sides, Tianxing Sword qi, path after path, still successively split on the city gate, then absorbed by the high-tier gold stone array law.

Although the defense of the high-tier gold stone array law was strong, facing the strong attack of the four great sects' heavenly prides, it was also impossible to persist too long.

Under the continuous sword qi chops of Tianjian Sect disciples, without slackening.

The cracks on the array law were also gradually increasing.

The city gate also had a feeling of shaking and about to fall.

Seeing that the array law was about to break, Tianjian Sect disciples' hearts were greatly encouraged, "Quick, in one go, break the array law, break the city gate!"

"Yes!"

They worked together, exciting their sword qi, and continued to break the city gate.

And heaven did not disappoint those who tried, after successive sword qi attacks, the light on the city gate dimmed, the array patterns broke.

The high-tier gold stone array law was indeed broken by Tianjian Sect disciples.

Tianjian Sect disciples were joyful.

Watching cultivators saw the situation and also nodded one after another, praising:

"As expected of Tianjian Sect's heavenly prides, one high-tier array law is fundamentally not difficult for them..."

But just as the array law on the city gate dimmed, just as it was about to disappear, Mo Hua, neither hurried nor slow, reached out and patted the wall.

In an instant, the light greatly flourished.

Another new high-tier gold stone array law was activated.

The shaky city gate, under the addition of the array law, instantly became "indestructible" again.

The audience who had just praised Tianjian Sect disciples only felt one breath, again stuck in their chests.

The joy that had just been born in the hearts of Tianjian Sect's heavenly prides was completely extinguished.

Looking at the city gate with golden light flowing in front, they were pale for a time, their mouths bitter.

One high-tier array law, indeed, did not block them.

What about two?

Was it really only two?

Who knew exactly how many high-tier array laws this Mo Hua still hid in his hands?

Exactly how many layers of high-tier gold stone arrays were set up by him on the front city gate?

The hearts of Tianjian Sect disciples, at this time, could not help but give birth to a trace of despair.

At this moment, they also finally clearly remembered Mo Hua's initial identity:

Qianxue... array dao champion.