The rebels attack, Lin Ye visits

It was midnight.

Intense drumbeats echoed with deafening sound.

Outside Tianhu City, shouts of battle rang out.

"Oh no, the rebels are attacking the city!"

Figures flickered atop the city walls, as soldiers who had just rested immediately rose to continue fighting.

Yuan Gang, the general defending Tianhu City, looked grimly at the dense mass of rebels below, feeling a prickle on his scalp.

"Their numbers are even greater than during the day!"

The adjutant beside him worriedly said, "I wonder if they have evil cultivators assisting them! If they do, then we're in trouble!"

"What's there to fear!"

General Yuan Gang said confidently, "Don't I also have the Tianxuan Sect's immortal master helping me?"

"That's true!" The adjutant immediately felt relieved upon hearing this.

"By the way!"

Yuan Gang suddenly asked, "Didn't they say there were refugees fleeing from Yaruo City? Why haven't they arrived yet?"

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"Logically, they should have arrived by now!"

The adjutant was puzzled. "After we hold off this wave of attacks, I'll immediately send someone to check!"

As the rebels gradually approached the city walls.

Yuan Gang and the adjutant also composed themselves, ready to act at any moment.

As defenders of the city, they had to wait until the enemy was close before launching an attack, which would achieve the most effective casualties.

"Archers, prepare!"

Yuan Gang raised his hand and shouted.

Buzz!!

Behind them, the sound of taut bowstrings was like the taut heartstrings of every warrior.

Yuan Gang's eyes were fixed on the battlefield below.

He waited only for the rebels to draw near, then would give the command.

"Fire!!"

With a roar, dense arrows rained down like a sudden downpour.

In the darkness, it was impossible to see how many there were.

"Ah!!"

On the battlefield, screams of agony immediately erupted.

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

Shen Fan began to refine the Spiritual Threads he had absorbed from Li Shaobai in his Dantian using Dantian Fire.

"I really didn't expect that Li Shaobai, like Xue Hanzhou, would also have Dual Spiritual Roots, and both are top-grade Dual Spiritual Roots. It's just that Xue Hanzhou has one Ice and one Metal, while Li Shaobai has one Metal and one Wood!"

Shen Fan secretly sighed with emotion.

However, perhaps only such Spiritual Roots could Cultivate that terrifying Azure Lotus Sword Intent.

Shen Fan vaguely remembered the scene of fighting Li Shaobai outside the Hanfeng Society.

This guy's Azure Lotus Sword Intent was truly terrifying.

And when such top-grade Spiritual Roots were devoured by Shen Fan using the Swallowing Spirit Art.

The resulting improvement was clearly superior to that brought about by other ordinary Spiritual Roots.

In the Dantian.

The Spiritual Threads transformed into attribute-less rootless water.

Nourishing Shen Fan's Five Elements Spiritual Roots.

Especially Shen Fan's Metal Spiritual Root and Wood Spiritual Root.

The effects on these two were particularly significant.

As the rootless water nourished them, the Spiritual Roots slowly widened. Shen Fan's perception of the Metal-attribute and Wood-attribute Spiritual Qi in the world became clearer and faster.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Shen Fan was awakened by a knock on the door.

And at this moment.

Li Shaobai's Spiritual Roots had all been absorbed and digested.

Shen Fan could clearly feel that among his Five Elements Spiritual Roots.

The grade of his Metal Spiritual Root had actually risen from its original second-grade to third-grade.

And the Wood Spiritual Root was the same.

It also reached third-grade.

As for the other three, they remained the lowest first-grade.

Spiritual Root classification: first-grade is the lowest, ninth-grade is the highest.

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Suddenly, he opened his eyes.

Shen Fan said indifferently, "Enter!"

Immediately after, a blood-soaked soldier pushed open the door, knelt on the ground in panic, and tearfully said, "I'm sorry to disturb your rest, Immortal Master, but the rebels are attacking, and General Yuan has asked me to invite the Immortal Master for help!"

"I know! I'll be there soon!"

Shen Fan waved his hand and said indifferently.

"Thank you, Immortal Master, thank you, Immortal Master!"

The soldier kowtowed repeatedly, then scrambled away, returning to his combat post.

Seeing this, Shen Fan let out a long breath, then vanished from his spot.

Before the communicating soldier had even returned, Shen Fan had already arrived atop the city walls.

As far as his eyes could see, some of the rebels had actually climbed onto the city walls.

Below the city walls, a dense, dark blood mist obscured the figures of all the rebels.

The defending soldiers on the city wall had no targets to attack.

Seeing this, Shen Fan hovered high in the sky.

He stood on his Flame Dragon Flame Shuttle.

At this moment, in the eyes of all the defending soldiers of Tianhu City, he suddenly appeared like a god descending.

The Flame Dragon Flame Shuttle beneath his feet truly resembled a giant Dragon.

It also brought endless pressure to the enemy.

"Earth's lungs melt a thousand ravines, cloud vortices nurture crimson light—Fire Spirit transforms into horned mane, dazzling! Fangs! Locks the Eight Directions!"

Shen Fan chanted the Fire Dragon's incantation, stomped his right foot to draw fire, and pulled his palms apart like drawing a bow.

The next moment, a twenty-zhang flaming Flood Dragon tore through the air and lunged out, its scales flying up, emitting a bluish-purple poisonous smoke.

It slammed heavily onto the ground.

The scorching firelight dispersed the blood mist.

Illuminating an area of a thousand meters with brilliant light.

Shen Fan's appearance immediately boosted the morale of Tianhu City's defending army.

"Kill!"

Yuan Gang fought valiantly, and the morale of both sides shifted.

The rebels who had rushed forward were instantly cut down.

"Open the city gates, and kill them for me!"

Taking advantage of the high morale, Yuan Gang roared, personally rode his warhorse, and led several thousand soldiers out.

The rebels below immediately retreated like a tide.

Unbeknownst to them.

The sky began to lighten with the first rays of dawn.

Inside and outside Tianhu City, corpses lay everywhere.

The smell of burning permeated the area.

Shen Fan stood atop the city wall, looking at all of this with an indifferent expression.

And just at this moment.

Shen Fan's peripheral vision caught a glimpse.

He saw several streaks of light heading this way.

Looking closely, they were clearly Tianxuan Sect Disciples.

And the person leading them was actually an acquaintance.

Blood Butcher Lin Ye!!

This was the Tianxuan Sect's true Senior Brother!

There were different opinions regarding this Tianxuan Sect's Senior Brother.

One was Li Shaobai, who had already been killed by Shen Fan.

After all, he was Sect Master Xue Qiutian's second Disciple.

Therefore, a portion of people believed that he was the Tianxuan Sect's Senior Brother.

But others believed that.

The Senior Brother was determined by strength.

Compared to Li Shaobai, the one second only to Xue Hanzhou was Lin Ye, known as the Blood Butcher!

Shen Fan had only met this person once.

That was during the Tianxuan Sect selection competition, on the eve of the Four Sects Tournament.

Shen Fan killed Zhuo Feifan, who was ranked first on the New Talent List.

This then attracted Blood Butcher Lin Ye.

And this Lin Ye was also the founder of the Heaven and Earth Society, with Grand Elder Liu Qingfeng of the Tianxuan Sect backing him.

If Xue Hanzhou hadn't stepped forward in time, Shen Fan might have been killed by this guy back then.

Seeing Lin Ye leading his Disciples, rushing over.

Shen Fan immediately shouted to the defending soldiers around him, "Everyone, follow me in greeting our Tianxuan Sect's Senior Brother, Blood Butcher Lin Ye!"

With Shen Fan's shout.

Everyone on the city wall immediately knelt down in unison.

And the originally imposing Lin Ye, upon seeing this scene, couldn't help but stop, and from a higher position above Shen Fan, he scrutinized Shen Fan from above.

"Greetings, Senior Brother!"

Shen Fan shouted loudly.

The soldiers below uniformly followed, shouting, "Greetings, Immortal Master!"

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