Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

After piercing the enemy's skull, the Wind-Splitting Arrow flew obediently back into Liu Xing's hands. Liu Xing sheathed the Dragon Bow and Wind-Splitting Arrow. He swiftly approached the Demonic Dao Jindan, snatched his storage bag with one hand, and tucked it into his own arms. The magical flying sword, already ineffective at the moment of its master's demise, was trapped within the ancient treasure flower basket, rendering it immobile. Liu Xing incinerated the enemy's corpse with a flame before turning to observe the battle situation within his own team.

Liu Xing slew the Jindan cultivator in a mere half a quarter of an hour. Seeing the killer-like Liu Xing, the enemy's heart trembled. Targeted by a murderous maniac, they knew they had no choice but to flee. This accelerated the enemy's retreat, but their speed was no match for the Thousand Machine Sect's special forces. They could only escape ten miles before being caught up and killed one by one.

Apart from the huge consumption of mana, the special forces team suffered almost no injuries. They quickly cleaned up the battlefield, burned the enemy's bodies, and followed Liu Xing away.

Liu Xing led everyone to fly a hundred miles north in one breath, then found a secret place and set up a concealing formation. Everyone hid themselves, began to recover their magic power, and then took stock of their gains.

Just as Liu Xing eliminated the reinforcements, ambushes from various locations also began engaging the enemy. While the righteous faction had the advantage of manpower and a head start, achieving some success, they often allowed the enemy's main forces to escape and enter the Xuanyin Sect. Only the Qianji Sect's special forces, leveraging their immense strength, were able to annihilate the enemy.

Three days later, the Qianji Sect's special forces had recovered. During these three days, the Demonic Path's reinforcements finally returned to the Xuanyin Sect headquarters after going through untold hardships.

The demonic reinforcements also suffered heavy losses on their return journey, with at least 20% of their forces killed. From then on, Liu Xing's strategy of encircling the enemy and attacking the reinforcements was a resounding success!

At this time, in the upright command center, Liu Xing was chatting and laughing with several commanders.

"Wolf Warrior, your strategy was a great success and deserves praise." Lu En leaned back in the chair with ease and moved his body down to make himself more comfortable.

"Yes, heroes emerge from youth. Brother Wolf Warrior's strategy is very brilliant. Our army suffered almost no losses and easily wiped out 20% of the enemy's troops." Yangguang also admired him sincerely.

"Thank you for your praise, seniors. I just came up with this idea on a whim. It's all thanks to your perfect planning, accurate prediction and effective execution. I dare not take credit for it." Liu Xing replied modestly.

"Brother Wolf Warrior, don't be modest. You have made great contributions to the victory of this war! I, Lei He, admire you from the bottom of my heart." Lei He came over and patted him on the shoulder, expressing his approval of this little brother.

"Senior Lei, thank you for the compliment."

"Wolf Warrior, now that we have surrounded the enemy in their lair, what do you think we should do next?" Wu Chang also took a sip of tea leisurely and looked at Liu Xing with a smile.

"Now our army is about twice as strong as the enemy's, and we even have three more Jindan masters. It is already deterrent enough, and we can surrender them now. Although the enemy's troops are insufficient, they are protected by a large formation. If we insist on going our own way and vow to destroy the enemy's sect, it will inevitably bring about a huge backlash. Injuring 800 enemies may result in 1,000 casualties of our own. This deal is not worth it." Liu Xing analyzed seriously.

"Business? How can war be business? Shouldn't we destroy the enemy's sect in one fell swoop and eliminate the trouble forever?" Wu Chang seemed to be testing Liu Xing.

"I believe that war is always just a means to an end, and gaining territory, resources, wealth and other benefits is the goal. Moreover, I don't know which big boss above has the will to have this war to this point today. Whether to continue fighting or how to fight is not decided by us sitting here at all, but by the big boss above. I see that so far, the Nascent Soul elders of Qianji Sect and Hehuan Sect have not shown up, and the Nascent Soul ancestors of the four sects of righteousness and evil are missing. Isn't this very strange? They may be drinking tea and chatting together like us, having fun." Liu Xing said with a smile, expressing his understanding and thoughts on war.

After hearing Liu Xing's words, Lei He and Yang Guang looked confused, Wu Chang seemed to be thinking about something, and only Lu En had gleaming eyes, looking at Liu Xing as if he were a monster, because he was the only one present who knew the real purpose of the war.

"So, I guess we should stop fighting. We have already won! There is no point in continuing to fight and both sides will suffer losses! I expect the representatives of the Demonic Path to come to our army within three days at the latest to discuss ceasefire and compensation. At this time, we can ask for a high price, strive for the greatest benefits as much as possible, and then take advantage of the situation to go home." Liu Xing continued to analyze.

"What if the other party hides in the sect and refuses to surrender?" Yangguang didn't quite believe that the other party would take the initiative to seek peace.

"Senior Yang, how about we make a bet. If the Demon Path doesn't send anyone to ask for peace within three days, I will give you this flying sword." Liu Xing said confidently, and took out the magic flying sword of the Demon Path that he had just killed and placed it on the table.

"Magic weapon? Brother War Wolf is really rich! Okay, I'll make a bet with you! I heard that Brother War Wolf is collecting the essence and blood of level five monsters everywhere. I happen to have a bottle here, so I'll use it as a bet." Yang Guang immediately became interested. It was worthwhile to test Liu Xing's predictive ability with a bet, and he would be happy even if he lost the bet.

"Betting is fun, I'll join in too. I happen to have a mature Haoyue grass here, I'll use it as a prize." Lei He was also very interested and hurriedly joined in, wanting to bet with Liu Xing.

Liu Xing laughed heartily and naturally accepted everything that came to him. He was at least 70% sure that he could win. These two things were exactly what he needed urgently, so since they were delivered to his door, he naturally had to take them.

"Two old foxes!" Lu En cursed silently, knowing full well what was happening. He'd asked them for this item before, but they hadn't gotten it yet. This meant they'd recently urgently collected it from somewhere, planning to use it as a gambling opportunity to give it to Liu Xing as a way to curry favor with him. But Lu En didn't point it out; seeing through things but not saying anything was the way to be.

Lei He and Yang Guang exchanged a glance. It seemed that this time, catering to Liu Xing's preferences had indeed delighted him, and they knew their gift was perfectly prepared. A direct gift would have been too blunt, putting pressure on the other party and revealing their own utilitarianism. They had just used the stakes from the bet as a natural way to present it. As long as Liu Xing was happy, he would surely learn the lesson in the future. Such was the wisdom of the world. Lei He and Yang Guang had lived for centuries, becoming the leaders of a sect. They were indeed incredibly clever and tactful.