A rare opportunity

Escape? They're not casual cultivators! As the saying goes, even if you can escape the monk, you can't escape the temple! Even if the Immortal Hero Sect wants to find them, it would be easy! Unless you have the ability to lead your family and sect to escape Xuanyuan Star!

Rebellion? That's unthinkable! Unless they feel they've had enough of life!

Of course, some were worried while others were excited! After all, this was a chance to show their loyalty to the Xianxia Sect! As long as they survived, they would definitely receive the Xianxia Sect's protection. Even if they died, their family and sect would still receive the Xianxia Sect's protection! Since the Sect Master had spoken, it was certainly true. That was what Yin Kaishan was thinking.

Among all the aristocratic families and sects, their Yin family was the first to engage Li Yu and his gang. In that battle, all the elders, except for the head of the family, were killed! That was all the Yin family's wealth! From now on, perhaps their Yin family would never recover, becoming just another ordinary family to be bullied by anyone!

Originally, he had been frightened by the battle and wanted to withdraw. But as the saying goes, it's easier to go up than down! Once you've boarded the pirate ship, if others don't agree, you have no choice but to stay on board.

How could the Xianxia Sect let those aboard disembark so easily? There was only one possibility for disembarking: death! Either death in battle or being killed by the Xianxia Sect! Since they had already come, they had come to seek the Xianxia Sect's protection. Since death was inevitable, they might as well give it a try. For now, they were just trying to survive. Even if they died, at least their family wouldn't be the target of the Xianxia Sect's pursuit! If the Xianxia Sect could truly deliver on their promise, then their death would be a worthy one!

There were many who shared his sentiments. For example, those independent cultivators, those small families, those small sects. They all held the idea of ​​taking advantage of the situation, a pure gambler's mentality! Win, and you'll soar to the sky. Lose, and you'll perish!

The so-called Exorcist Alliance was established by the Xianxia in order to effectively control other forces. Its main members were the elders of the Xianxia Sect, and the leader was Gu Changfeng.

To better control them, Duan Kaishan had already divided the forces surrounding the Yunfu Mountains into eight defense zones. He appointed Xianxia Sect elders as zone leaders, commanding the cultivators in their respective zones. For example, Second Elder Hong Shouen was in charge.

When Gu Changfeng's order was issued, each defense zone began to actively prepare.

Li Yu and the others were also the first to sense their unusual movements. Seeing the enemy ready to fight, Li Yu couldn't help but frown! They had just suffered a crushing defeat and were about to make a comeback. Either the enemy leader was crazy, or they had already prepared countermeasures.

Obviously, the leader's brain couldn't be corrupted so easily. This meant that the other party had already found a way to break the spiritual cannon and his own solar true fire. However, even if he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out how the other party had broken the spiritual cannon and his own solar true fire!

The power of the Spirit Cannon is not something that ordinary people can withstand. Even Saint-level cultivators cannot withstand it! Unless a great god appears. After all, Xuanyuan Star is not the realm of gods, and it is difficult to withstand the existence of a great god.

Under the current circumstances, it would be nearly impossible for the Xianxia Sect to break the Spirit Cannon's attack. However, Li Yu still didn't dare to be careless. After all, since the other party had already begun preparing for the attack, they must have come up with a solution.

As for his own Sun Fire, he wasn't too worried. After all, his powerful spiritual power had not only recovered, but had also greatly increased under the nourishment of so many Bible souls! Unleashing the Sun Fire relied on the power of his spiritual power. He believed that with his powerful spiritual power, no one could stop him from unleashing the Sun Fire!

Li Yu is a man who can let go easily. He doesn't dwell on things he can't figure out. If he can't figure it out, he simply lets it go and adapts to the situation.

He didn't think about how the other party would crack his spiritual cannon, but that didn't mean he didn't take it seriously. He immediately told Hou Rujing, Mu Chengqi, and Yin Zijuan about his idea.

Hou Rujing was knowledgeable, Mu Chengqi held a high position, and Yin Zijuan was intelligent and wise; these were the three people Li Yu relied on most. Whenever he encountered a problem, the first thing he thought of was to consult them.

The three of them frowned upon hearing this! They pondered for a long time, but couldn't figure out what the enemy would do to defeat their spirit cannons! After much discussion, they finally reached a consensus: to add a few more spirit cannons! No matter what method the enemy used, as long as there were enough spirit cannons and the coverage area was large enough, all their methods would be futile. Unless they possessed a god-level shield, however, the possibility of this was very small.

Even after Duan Kaishan's defeat, Mu Chengqi realized the importance of spiritual cannons. Therefore, he used the breaks in the battle to refine three more spiritual cannons. However, despite the spiritual cannons, they lacked qualified operators. Li Yu and the others had no choice but to let Hou Rujing take over.

Although Yin Zijuan could also operate the cannon, she had to be responsible for ground control. The operators of the other two spiritual cannons would have to be assigned to the demon race. Fortunately, after two battles, two fox demons had already learned how to operate the cannons. While not as good as humans, they could still manage.

This way, if the enemy launched an attack, the only ones who would rise into the air to fight would be Li Yu, the bald man, the white rabbit, and the ape monster! But this was also a good thing, as it would make it easier for the spiritual cannon to attack.

Li Yu couldn't help but secretly regret it! He regretted releasing those thirty or so prisoners. If he had left a few behind, the current artillery operators wouldn't be so stretched! But it was too late to regret it now. Besides, since those people didn't want to stay, forcing them to stay would only bring hidden dangers.

Considering that the enemy would launch a full-scale attack on them this time, both in the sky and underground, the spiritual cannon could not be used as it had the previous two times. The enemy's previous attacks were first against the sky and then against the underground, so they could focus their firepower on the enemy in the sky before attacking the monks on the ground.

If they used the spirit cannons again this time like they had the previous two times, they would inevitably end up neglecting one thing while focusing on another. Therefore, they decided to use the three newly added spirit cannons specifically to deal with the enemies invading from the sky, and the other nine spirit cannons to deal with the monks on the ground.

They made this arrangement because they considered that the aerial enemies were still a minority, and Li Yu's True Sun Fire could handle them. The ground enemies, however, were the bulk of the force! A single careless move, and the loss of the ground would inflict a heavy price on the demon race, potentially even leading to its annihilation! This was something Li Yu and the others didn't want to see. If such an outcome truly occurred, their persistence would be meaningless!

Of course, the aerial battle couldn't go wrong! Otherwise, even if the ground battle was victorious, the demon race would still be annihilated! Li Yu and the three demon saints alone were clearly not enough! This required the three spiritual cannons on the ground to provide strong support! To achieve this, the requirements for the cannon operators were very high! At the very least, the accuracy of the spiritual cannons had to be absolutely precise, and the firing speed had to be sufficiently rapid. Therefore, it was decided that the three spiritual cannons would be operated by Hou Rujing, Mu Chengqi, and another cultivator named Zhu Shoubing.

This cultivator named Zhu Shoubing, though he had only just reached the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage, was the lowest among the eleven surviving cultivators, including Li Yu. Yet, he was the best artillery operator among them! This was simply because he had been an outstanding artillery operator on Blue Jade Star and was the deputy commander of the artillery operators on the spacecraft. People like Hua Zirong all learned artillery from him.

The three saints, the vulture, the white rabbit, and the ape demon, were not alarmed by the news of their opponent's impending attack. Instead, they were extremely excited! They saw another great victory waiting for them! Even the timid white rabbit was eagerly anticipating the opponent's attack!

As the saying goes, what kind of leader you have will determine what kind of subordinates you have. While the saying "a strong general has no weak soldiers" may be a bit biased, a blindly confident general will undoubtedly lead a group of arrogant soldiers. After all, emotional contagion is invisible yet powerful!

Under the influence of the Vulture and other demon saints, the demons who had always been terrified of humans also became blindly confident. Of course, this sentiment did not entirely originate from the Three Saints. The two previous victories also made them lose their minds!