"This is the battlefield. We have the advantage, so of course we need to maximize it. Attacking you one by one would only destroy our own advantage.

Wan Lei, none of us are fools. You know we are determined to kill you, so why bother with pointless words?"

As soon as the three opponents attacked, Wan Lei was at a disadvantage.

Qi Xiaoxiao continuously unleashed sword qi, forcing Wan Lei to defend left and right, clearly outmatched.

Duanmu Wen continuously swung his wooden sword, sending out sword qi imbued with Daoist principles towards Wan Lei, who couldn't even block, and could only withstand the attacks head-on.

Ba Xin watched from the side, unable to get close because Qi Xiaoxiao and Duanmu Wen's attacks were relentless, almost completely enveloping Wan Lei. He could only find opportunities to strike Wan Lei with sneak attacks.

Qi Xiaoxiao was the strongest of the three. Wan Lei could only defend against his attacks, unable to harm him.

At the same time, he had to endure the sneak attacks from the two old schemers behind him.

Before long, Wan Lei coughed up blood and his cultivation fluctuated.

Even with his armor protecting him and mitigating eighty percent of the damage, his opponents were simply too strong.

An ordinary Jindan cultivator would probably not even be able to withstand a single move from the three of them.

Fortunately, Wan Lei had the help of the formation and the thunderclouds, constantly releasing lightning to attack the three.

While attacking Wan Lei, the three had to constantly block the incoming lightning, reducing their strength to less than fifty percent. This was the reason Wan Lei was able to hold on.

"Lei Chen Dian Nu!" (Wrath of Thunder and Lightning)

Wan Lei shouted loudly, releasing a thunderous beast, and then...

He swallowed himself whole.

There was no other way. If he continued to be beaten like this, he would be killed sooner or later. He could only rely on the thunderous beast to withstand the attacks for a while.

"Oh, not bad. You've held on for so long against us and you still have tricks up your sleeve. Wan Lei, you really bring a lot of surprises."

As he said this, Qi Xiaoxiao's eyes suddenly turned fierce.

"The stronger you are, the more determined I am to kill you!"

You are strong, so you must die, otherwise, when you grow stronger, I will be the one to die.

"One Lotus, One World; One Sword, One Lifetime!"

Qi Xiaoxiao's sword sang out, and a phantom lotus flower appeared with the sword qi, rushing towards the beast containing Wan Lei.

"Roar!!!"

The beast roared and crashed headfirst into the lotus flower.

However, the lotus flower seemed to be non-existent, passing directly through the beast's body.

"Sever!"

Qi Xiaoxiao's soft shout came, and the lotus flower suddenly transformed into five streams of sword qi, slashing towards Wan Lei inside the beast.

Feeling the profound power of the sword qi transformed from the lotus flower, Wan Lei dared not take it head-on, and immediately flashed out of the beast's body, arriving in the midst of the thunderclouds.

"Explode!"

Boom!!!

The beast exploded, and the sword qi within it was also stirred into chaos by the force of the explosion, blasting towards the three opponents.

Qi Xiaoxiao and the other two were sent flying far away by the shockwave of the explosion, all suffering some injuries.

Wan Lei's greatest killing move was only able to inflict a little damage on them.

Without time to think, Wan Lei immediately contracted the thunderclouds, solidifying them and protecting himself within.

"Break open his turtle shell!"

Ba Xin snorted coldly and fiercely attacked Wan Lei's turtle shell.

"Little Yellow Dog, I can't beat them, what should I do? I've already started using the power of my natal Thunder Essence."

"If you really can't, just detonate your Thunder Essence and see if you can blow up all the enemies. If you don't, then you die."

"..."

"Are you even saying human things? It's not like we're at the end of our rope yet. My current power is barely enough to maintain the thunderclouds."

"Then let me help you maintain them."

"Can't you just send down a bolt of purple lightning and strike them all dead?"

"Do you think I'm very strong? How many times have I told you, I don't have much power left.

But when it's time for you to counterattack, I can enter your hammer and enhance your Thunder God authority, annihilating your opponents in one fell swoop."

"Then why don't you come in now?"

"It's not time to counterattack yet. If I go in now, they'll know how high your peak combat power is. That's not good.

A surprise attack, playing the pig to eat the tiger, is the only way to push your performance to the extreme."

"..."

Little Yellow Dog's words made a lot of sense, but Wan Lei was still uneasy, because he didn't know when the time to counterattack would come, and he didn't even know if he would have a chance to counterattack.

Above the battlefield, Wan Lei hid in his turtle shell and passively took a beating. Below the battlefield, the Wan family's defenders were also passively taking a beating, but they didn't even have a turtle shell.

The allied forces of the three families, two hundred thousand strong, launched a fierce attack on South Prefecture City. The city's protective formation was shattered after only half an hour.

Without the protection of the city's protective formation, the defenders had no choice but to face the enemy's firepower with their own flesh and blood.

The allied forces' primary targets were not the defender cultivators of South Prefecture City, but the defensive fortifications and the warships within the city.

These things could inflict heavy casualties on them, and they also provided strong protection for the defenders.

Any commander with a brain would know to destroy these first to reduce their own casualties.

Countless artillery shells streaked across the sky, and from time to time, allied warships were struck and exploded, with the cultivators inside screaming as they flew out.

The allied forces' artillery fire also landed on the city walls and within the city from time to time. South Prefecture City was now a scene of devastation, with rubble everywhere.

Qi Manyao gasped for breath as she leaned on her heavy ruler, supporting her body.

Just now, she had exhausted all her strength to kill a Foundation Establishment enemy cultivator.

She raised her head. Everywhere she looked, there were severed limbs and broken arms. Faced with the enemy forces, the Wan family was already showing a one-sided trend.

When this little girl killed someone for the first time, she vomited incessantly from the stimulation of the bloody smell.

But after Wan Lei's training and the last battle with the rebel army, she had already adapted to the cruelty of the battlefield.

She took out a healing pill and swallowed it, then picked up the storage bag of the cultivator she had killed and put it into her own storage bag.

This was also something she had learned from Wan Lei.

A fight couldn't be for nothing. There had to be benefits.

In the distance, a Wan family cultivator was being beaten senseless by two Foundation Establishment enemies. Seeing this, Qi Manyao picked up her heavy ruler and was about to go to help.

"It's you?"

A familiar voice came from behind.

Qi Manyao turned her head.

It was Duanmu He.

"Hmph, so you really are from the Wan family. Last time in that cave, you guys really made me suffer. Today, I'll repay you with interest."

Duanmu He grinned and walked towards Qi Manyao with his sword.

He was sure that this little girl couldn't withstand a single blow from him.

"The one with the hammer last time, was that Wan Lei?!"

Duanmu He raised his sword and slashed at Qi Manyao.

Qi Manyao didn't even have the courage to resist, and could only pray in her heart.

God, send down a bolt of heavenly lightning to strike him dead.

Boom!!!

A bolt of heavenly lightning struck Duanmu He's head directly.

Wishful thinking come true.