Chapter 1183.
Facing this poised strike by Sand Eagle, Xu Chuniang could not avoid it with the strength she had shown.
Her eyes flickered slightly, and she finally decided to fight hard.
The old man had previously promised her that he would save her life in a critical situation, so it was a good time to take this opportunity to test his true thoughts!
The Sand Eagle swooped down, its speed was so fast that it brought out a strong wind that scraped one’s cheeks.
Xu Chuniang half squinted her eyes, and with great difficulty, she urged her body’s demonic energy to hold up a thin layer of boundary, but the sand eagle only gently flapped its wings, and easily broke the boundary.
With the boundary broken, she spat out a mouthful of blood, her body staggering uncontrollably.
And by this time, the Sand Eagle had already arrived in front of her, and its claws, which flashed with a cold light, clawed straight at her heart!
Seeing this scene, the old man shook his head helplessly and raised his hand, Xu Chuniang’s figure disappeared from the spot and appeared behind the formation pillar.
The expected pain did not come, so Xu Chunniang knew that she had gambled right.
She looked towards the old man, the corners of her mouth lifting into a weak smile, “Many thanks to senior for your help.”
The old man only nodded slightly, then stopped paying too much attention to her and returned his attention to the battlefield in front of him.
As he commanded, he pacified the crowd, “Hold on for one more day, and I’ll take you and the others back to the city.”
Hearing the old man’s words, the cultivators who originally felt that they were bound to die and were about to become numb, had the hope of life rekindled in their eyes.
They had already fought with the sand beast for nearly two days, as long as they survived the last day, they would be able to return alive!
However, this last day was even more difficult than the previous two days.
As the sand beasts attacked, the earth-colored light emanating from the array pillars became thinner and thinner, and in some places the light had even completely dissipated.
Even the originally tall and sturdy formation pillar was also a bit shaky, looking like it might fall at any time.
Once the column collapsed, with these exhausted cultivators, full of injuries and fatigue, not to mention holding on for a day, even half a column of incense would not be able to hold on any longer.
The old man took a glance at the array column, and was about to order the cultivators guarding the two positions of Kan and Li to continue reinforcing the array column, when he saw that one of the cultivators guarding the position of Li was suddenly crooked, and fell straight to the ground, losing his breath, and had been drained of his essence and spirit and died.
The old man frowned, looked at the rest of the people guarding the formation pale face, finally did not say a word.
It’s just, this formation pillar should still be able to hold out for a while, so let’s do this first.
But at this time, a huge roar sounded, instantly attracting everyone’s attention.
Even the sand beasts that were caught up in mania were attracted by the sound and subconsciously looked over.
Between them, a formation pillar that was originally standing in the southeast corner was unable to withstand the sand beast’s attack and collapsed with a loud bang.
As the pillar collapsed, the earth-colored light ruptured, unable to stop the sand beasts any longer.
Those who bore the brunt of the attack were the frontline cultivators who relied on the pillar to fight the sand beasts.
Without the protection of the formation pillars, but in just a few breaths, they were surrounded by the sand beasts that surrounded them from all directions and devoured them cleanly.
Seeing this, the leading Demon King’s eyes flashed with shame, not expecting that the first thing to go wrong was actually him here.
However, as things had already come to this point, annoyance was no longer helpful, he flung his sleeves and his figure disappeared in place, paying no attention to the deaths and lives of the rest of the cultivators.
This Demon King’s approach made the crowd’s hearts tremble, how could he just walk away?
The pillars of the formation collapsed, no one could survive the flood of sand beasts.
Those cultivators he left behind would only die ……
Someone looked at the old man with nervousness in his expression, “That Lord Demon King, why did he leave alone and not save anyone?” The old man glanced at the person who asked, his tone bland.
“The Golden Armored King said at the beginning that all the strongest people above the Demon King level would not participate in this battle, and would only teach you how to respond to the battle, have you not forgotten?”
Against the old man’s gaze that was so calm that it bordered on indifference, the heart of the person who had asked the question chilled straight to the bone, yet he still persisted and asked the question at the bottom of his heart.
“But, the formation pillar collapsed, if you don’t make a move, all of us here will die ……”
“With a formation pillar to rely on, it still won’t last more than three days, so if we die, we die.”
The old man did not have the slightest fluctuation on his face, “Sand Beast Riot, this is the survival of the fittest, only the strong are qualified to survive, this rule applies to you as well.”
The crowd fell silent, and their gazes towards the array pillars contained hidden worries.
Could they last through this last day?
This was a question that no one had an answer to in their hearts.
They could only desperately squeeze out the last ounce of strength in their bodies to kill as many sand beasts as possible.
“Rumble!”
It wasn’t long before the roar resounded once more, and following the collapse of the first formation pillar, another one fell.
A one-sided slaughter was staged at the place where the formation pillar had fallen, and it wasn’t long before the sand beasts completely occupied that area, ultimately leaving no survivors.
The crowd grew more and more silent, and some cultivators who had just retreated from the front line hurriedly took pills, silently got up, and returned to the front line.
Some cultivators who were seriously injured and could no longer participate in the battle struggled towards the formation pillar, holding the magic crystal with one hand and channeling magic qi into the formation pillar with the other hand, so that it could hold out a little longer against the sand beasts’ onslaught.
Xu Chuniang also walked towards the formation pillar and took a seat on the Kan position.
Without the need for the old man to command and dispatch, the crowd spontaneously worked even harder, and as early as the moment they left the city, everyone’s lives had been tied to the formation pillar.
The old man watched the crowd’s movements in his eyes, and spoke without delay, continuing to direct the battle.
According to the rules set beforehand, as long as the formation pillar was still in place, he had to continue commanding.
As the battle progressed, the light emanating from the formation pillar grew weaker and weaker, and the area it covered shrank from the initial dozens of miles in circumference to less than half a mile in the end.
Only the last twenty or so cultivators were left alive.
But this nightmarish last day was finally over.
When twilight disappeared from the ground plane, the crowd, covered in wounds and in a trance, finally waited for the old man’s order to retreat.
A look of celebration after the robbery spread across the faces of the crowd, dragging their tired bodies in the direction of Sand City.
They had managed to survive the three days of the calamity and had survived!
With his hands behind his back, the old man watched these people return to the city before exchanging glances with the rest of the Demon Lords and detonating the last ten pillars of the formation.
The ten array pillars were detonated in unison, the sound was extremely loud, and the might that erupted was comparable to a strike from a Demon King level powerhouse.
Dozens of Sand Beasts, in this explosion, were blown to the bone, and the injured were countless.
The Golden Armored King swept over the rest of the Demon Kings, ”Have you picked the candidates for the second line of defense? This defense is crucial, we must at least hold back the Sand Beast army for two days, otherwise the losses will be extremely heavy.”
Seeing the crowd nodding, he duly announced, “Begin.”