Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 285 Heavenly Corpse Sect Stronghold

Since the Seven Profound Sect arrived in Frost County, half a month had passed in the blink of an eye.

In this half-month, the demon men of the Sky Demon Sect and the members of the Heavenly Corpse Sect that were entrenched near the prefectural government of Frost County had basically retreated in all directions, mainly because they couldn't organize a relatively complete squad to confront the Seven Profound Sect's forces.

Even though the Seven Profound Sect's arrival in Frost County was not with their full strength, their combination with the local forces of Frost County and a contingent from the Heavenly Sword Sect was far superior to the active demons from the Sky Demon Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect in the region, and with the presence of two grandmasters, Feng Hongsheng and Shi Zhenyong, virtually all demon men above the sixth rank were retreating away from the prefectural government.

In just half a month.

Centering on the prefectural government, the demons and refined corpses within a near-thousand-li radius had been basically swept clean, and those that remained were but a few, all hiding and not daring to reveal themselves rashly.

However, once the Seven Profound Sect's military forces were dispersed beyond a thousand li from the prefectural government, they began to encounter counterattacks from the Sky Demon Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect. After all, Frost County was very large, and within a few hundred li, the Seven Profound Sect could send orders and have people arrive quickly, but beyond a thousand li, it was not so easy, and everything from communication to intelligence to action became much more difficult.

If the protectors and stewards led large groups of troops, then the patrol range was very limited, and neither the Sky Demon Sect nor the Heavenly Corpse Sect would engage them directly, retreating as soon as they got there.

If they spread out too much, insufficient forces would result in a counterattack from the Sky Demon Sect.

But even so, overall, it was still the Seven Profound Sect that held the absolute advantage, and occasionally, individual disciples who were ambushed and counterattacked by the Sky Demon Sect could not hold out until help arrived, but in the back-and-forth struggle between the two sides, it was still the Sky Demon Sect that suffered greater losses.

The main advantage for the Seven Profound Sect was the existence of military formations. Although they couldn't deliver detailed messages, they could call for help within a hundred li, which for protectors at the Six Viscera Realm and someone like Chen Mu meant they could arrive within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

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The vast, frosty plains.

Dozens of figures were engaged in intense combat.

One side was made up of people with bizarre shapes and mutations all over their bodies, with various black and red scales and demonic horns, and although they each held weapons and waved them with Martial Arts moves, they were all surging with demonic Qi, clearly a group of demon men from the Sky Demon Sect, including over ten of the fourth rank and three stewards of the fifth rank!

The other side were disciples of the Seven Profound Sect, all dressed in Inner Sect attire, most of them at the Bone Tempering Realm, struggling and fighting with the demon men. They focused more on entanglement and self-preservation, with damaging the enemy secondary.

At the same time.

The two Seven Profound Sect stewards at the center of the battle were no different.

One of them was Ling Xuan Peak's steward, Shen Lin, and the other was Shao Profound Peak's steward, Xie Shiqing.

It's worth mentioning that Xie Shiqing was from the Xie Family of Yu County. He was admitted to the Seven Profound Sect for cultivation in his childhood, and not long ago, finally broke through the bottleneck, cultivated the Five Viscera, and was promoted to the position of steward of Shao Profound Peak, after which he was transferred to Frost County.

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Shen Lin and Xie Shiqing were facing three stewards from the Sky Demon Sect, and despite being outnumbered, they managed to resist the attacks of the three demon men. The two of them together formed a watertight defense, frustrating the three demon stewards from the Sky Demon Sect, who had been attacking for a long time to no avail.

"No good, at this rate, their reinforcements will arrive," one of the Sky Demon Sect's three stewards said as they struggled to overcome Shen Lin and Xie Shiqing, and after exchanging glances, retreat sprang into their eyes.

During this half-month of frequent encounters with the Seven Profound Sect, the Sky Demon Sect attempted to hunt and kill the demon men, and the Sky Demon Sect also sought to kill many disciples of the Seven Profound Sect and consume their flesh to boost their cultivation. The two sides had come to understand each other's capabilities to some extent.

The demon men now were well aware that if they didn't manage to defeat the disciples of the Seven Profound Sect in a short time, the longer the stalemate lasted, the certain arrival of Seven Profound Sect reinforcements would be and the higher the level of those coming to assist.

Therefore.

When striking at the Seven Profound Sect members, one must either quickly resolve the issue within a short time, or not delay too much. If they couldn't succeed rapidly, they needed to retreat swiftly, or else once the high-ranking members of the Seven Profound Sect came to help, it would be too late to leave.

These demon men were originally lying in ambush here, hoping to kill a group of Seven Profound Sect disciples, but unexpectedly, it wasn't just one steward who came but both Shen Lin and Xie Shiqing.

If there had been only one, the three of them joining forces were confident that they could kill one in a short time.

"Leave, leave," someone shouted first, and then the other two quickly reacted, each stimulating their demonic power and launching a strike at Shen Lin and Xie Shiqing.

Within the Void, demonic power surged, turning into a ferocious bloody claw, a long green streak, and violent surging blade light, converging and falling, striking at Shen Lin and Xie Shiqing.

"They're trying to escape!" Shen Lin immediately realized, but facing the combined strike of the three demon stewards from the Sky Demon Sect, she had no choice but to wield her weapon with all her strength to meet the onslaught and couldn't bypass it to continue entangling and pursuing.

Xie Shiqing also reacted similarly, joining hands with Shen Lin to resist the three attacks descending from the Void.

Boom!!!

Accompanied by shards of ice shattering.

By the time Shen Lin and Xie Shiqing had broken through the three attacks, the three demon stewards of the Sky Demon Sect had already split in three directions, escaping dozens of feet away in an instant, leaving those fourth-rank demon men behind.

The previously entangled and mixed battle between the Seven Profound Sect disciples and the demon men suddenly exploded into chaos, with many demon men losing their fighting spirit and scattering in all directions to flee, while the Seven Profound Sect disciples were invigorated, launching their attacks.