Time, go back to a few months ago.

In the quiet room, Nan Yanhe and Nan Yingtan sit opposite each other.

"What I mean is that I still hope that you will prepare early and leave for the Western Region in advance. It would be nice to have a substitute here."

Nan Yingtan lowered his head slightly and stared at the jade slips on the table.

"Have you decided...to give up the southern border?" Nan Yanhe's voice was a little difficult.

"This is an unavoidable choice." Nan Yingtan said.

"I'm afraid people's hearts will be scattered. It's easy to lose, but hard to regain..." Nan Yanhe said solemnly.

"So we need a brilliant enough victory to retain a glimmer of hope." Nan Yingtan said.

"But..." Nan Yanhe opened his mouth, thousands of words swirling in his throat, and finally turned into a sigh.

"Yanhe, I am very optimistic about you and Xiaoxiao. You are the most likely to reach the realm of the true Tao in this generation, so I hope to protect you both in public and privately." Nan Yingtan raised his head.

, looked at him gently.

Nan Yanhe shook his head: "The little talent is better than mine, and he is also smarter than me. I just want to... try my best to play my greatest role."

Nan Yingtan was silent for a while: "You really don't want to leave?"

"Well, you also know that it would be better if I stayed here." Nan Yanhe paused and then said: "Even...if you use me as bait, many people should take the bait."

Nan Yingtan said nothing, seeming to be thinking silently.

"Although more than half of the Daoling Clan's troops are concentrated in the north, we are still facing countless powerful enemies. Relying on you alone is really... too hard. We must have a surprise strategy. This

It's perfect to leave it to me." Nan Yanhe looked into the other person's eyes and said with utmost sincerity.

"Let me think about it." Nan Yingtan closed her eyes and tapped the table with her fingertips, seeming uneasy.

Nan Yanhe is not easy to rush, so he can only wait quietly.

After a long time, Nan Yingtan exhaled a long breath, opened his eyes with a complicated expression, and suddenly said: "Take it."

Nan Yanhe subconsciously raised his hand, and a dark red crystal appeared in his hand, making him feel inexplicably throbbing.

"This is……"

"Yuling gave it to me last time. It didn't have a name. You can call it whatever you want. The Xuanling tribe has rebuilt the awakening blood pool, and they didn't waste the extra spiritual materials. They refined this blood crystal stone, which can inspire our potential.

The power of blood."

"This one is also infused with my strength."

Nan Yingtan looked at him deeply: "If you use your body as bait, you will always use it, but the price is..."

"If you want to win this battle, you have to do something."

Nan Yanhe smiled brilliantly: "Don't worry, I will create the most favorable opportunity for you."

…

Time returns to the present.

The sharp energy was burning and raging in the body, making Nan Yanhe's vision slightly blurred and distorted. His eyes were filled with ferocious bloodshot eyes, as if he might explode and die at any time.

"Hehe...hahaha..."

However, he smiled openly, with a defiant and unruly attitude.

The tip of the knife penetrated Qu Youxian's body slowly but firmly, and red blood flowed freely along the blade.

So the blazing fire was passed along the blood-red sword, which slightly alleviated Nan Yanhe's pain.

"Jiang Shen, and you..."

Nan Yanhe's eyes were still fixed on Qu Youxian, but Jiang Shen in the distance instantly felt shuddering.

"I see, is this your plan..."

Qu Youxian froze in place, motionless, but his expression remained unchanged.

She has sensed the battle happening on another level high in the sky.

"Using your body as a bait to shift the center of gravity of the battlefield, while Nan Yingtan hid in the dark, sniping and killing the soul-seeking guard who had exposed his presence. The strategy itself is not clever, but it did surprise us..."

"Because you seem to have left no escape route for yourself?" Qu Youxian's eyes even showed a bit of pity.

The moment she was hit hard, several murderous intentions targeted Nan Yanhe.

Because these soul-seeking guards had already prepared to ambush Nan Yingtan, but they never expected that Nan Yanhe would force Qu Youxian to this point by himself.

And the qi energy that he burst out in that moment was approaching the Li Dao realm infinitely, and it immediately stimulated their Dao Yun to flow out involuntarily.

This announced that their whereabouts were completely exposed.

"puff!"

Blood splashed, and a soul-seeking guard staggered out of the void, covering his shoulders, and a drop of blood fell on Qu Youxian's face.

Jiang Shen, who was controlling the space formation at the side, subconsciously raised his head and saw Nan Yingtan killing everyone in the sky.

His face inevitably changed, and he felt tremendous pressure covering his whole body like a mountain.

"Fellow Daoist Qu, do you want to retreat temporarily?" Jiang Shen immediately sent a message to Qu Youxian.

"This is just the beginning." Qu Youxian didn't care about the horrific wound, and his tone was as calm as ever.

As she finished speaking, some familiar figures appeared in Nan Yanhe's field of vision.

Wei Jingyou, Shang Xianyu, Qu Fuchuan...and many other princes' disciples and clan masters.

The remnants of the princes who escaped during the great upheaval in the southern border are now gathered here.

Some of them were filled with hatred, some had expressionless faces, and some were nervous and panicked. They were simply forced into the battlefield by the Dao Ling Clan.

In any case, they had cut off Nan Yanhe's retreat, leaving him with no way to retreat. He was left with only dozens of Lingce Army soldiers around him, and they were at the end of their strength.

Now that Nan Yingtan has appeared, killing Nan Yanhe has become the top priority.

It is believed that hanging the head of the current Nanwang on the city gate will definitely deal a fatal blow to the enemy's morale.

Especially when he saw the appearance of the three Taoist elders of the Dao Ling Clan from the corner of his eye, Qu Youxian became more and more calm and calm.

The battlefield over there has nothing to do with her, and now she only needs to complete the last thing in front of her.

She slowly pressed her hand on the blood-red blade, struggling to draw out the last of her strength, and enveloped the Nanyan River with Dao Yun.

"Move your hands..."

She struggled to say these two words, and the situation suddenly changed.

The light of the spiritual array suddenly rose, and golden haloes fell from the sky, suppressing the south Yanhe River. There was also a penetrating black mist, which rose from nowhere, carrying terrifying corrosive power.

Even the grass-covered ground had countless cracks, and sand climbed up the ankles of Nan Yanhe and others, greedily devouring their spiritual power and vitality.

However, Nan Yanhe had no intention of dodge. He just chuckled hoarsely and said, "Oh, it's not bad to be able to drag a strong man of the true way to death together before he dies."

Seeing the flame called madness burning in his eyes, Qu Youxian suddenly felt the fatal danger, and his expression changed slightly for the first time.

Then, she watched Nan Yanhe let go of the hilt of the knife, withstanding the attacks of several killing arrays, and bumped straight towards her.

"Bang!"

The severe pain seemed to exceed the limit of imagination, and her consciousness quickly blurred.

At the last second before she fell into darkness, she only felt a throbbing pain in her abdomen, and then the blood-red sword was raised high as if it was alive and slashed down towards her neck.

"Ancestor!"

Qu Fuchuan watched helplessly as Qu Youxian flew out and fell to the ground, his blood gushing out. Nan Yanhe also fell not far away, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

But even though he didn't move, the blood-red sword already contained spirituality, and at this moment he resolutely launched a fatal attack towards Qu Youxian.

No one reached out to help. Jiang Shen and Wei Jingyou just looked at each other and turned their heads as if they didn't see it.

Only Qu Fuchuan quickly circulated his spiritual power, pouring almost all the power into the eyes of the spiritual formation.

"Hiss..."

The sand and soil were like snakes, twisting and entangled with the blood-red sword. The latter struggled desperately, but after all, it was unable to survive when the owner was exhausted.

"His Majesty!"

Several soldiers of the Lingce Army struggled against the spirit formation and guarded Nan Yanhe. Feeling his weak vitality, their hearts sank to the bottom.

"Damn, it's just...a little bit..."

Nan Yanhe's mind began to become confused. He murmured unconsciously and rested his elbows on the ground, but did not have the strength to sit up.

Are you going to die?

He saw the light of the spiritual formation, and felt the approaching danger. He saw the soldiers of the Lingce Army falling in front of him one after another, but he could no longer fight side by side with them.

Prime Minister, it seems there is no way I can go to Chuimin Star with you for a celebration drink...

It’s really useless. Did I... let everyone down again?

Damn it, if I had known earlier, maybe I shouldn’t have been so brave and become this hero?

However, it is very boring to be a waste all the time...

It would be great if I could kill a few more Hedao masters...

His eyelids fell uncontrollably, and he saw endless spiritual light pouring down like rain and snow, but his world had fallen into the deepest darkness.

Therefore, he did not see a golden thread passing by.

"Jiang Shen, Wei Jingyou, you guys really haven't made much progress in all these years."

A cold snort sounded from nowhere.

The golden thread was like the sharpest magical weapon in the world. It cut off all the nodes of the spiritual formation in an instant, causing it to be paralyzed and turbulent.

Then, it cleverly circled around and wrapped around the fingertips of a young man who suddenly appeared.

"My master just said that he is going to give you the first big gift. Are you ready?"
Chapter completed!