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Zhong Liang cursed angrily, because they had agreed with Hong Jingyan that Hong Jingyan would cover their retreat.
Hong Jingyan said calmly, "The agreed time hasn't arrived yet."
That's true, because Zhong Liang and his group encountered Xue Songguan earlier than expected, thus clashing with the Anxi Protectorate ahead of time.
Hong Jingyan looked at the corpses of the Northern Barbarian experts on the battlefield, and at Zhong Liang and Fifth Badger who were surrounded.
"Grand Protector of Anxi, Your Highness Prince Tang, how about you give me some face today?"
“You’re new to the Northwest, so if the Rouran cavalry from Tibing Mountain marches south, you won’t be able to handle them.”
Hong Jingyan was already considered one of the top experts in the Northern Wilderness, so he spoke with great arrogance and self-confidence.
However, Li Chang'an was not afraid of him at all. In terms of sheer strength, Li Chang'an could deal with him on his own.
As for deploying the Rouran cavalry, let's not even talk about whether Beiliang will take advantage of the situation; even if the Xuanjia Army comes, we are not afraid of them.
With his advantage completely secured, Li Chang'an looked at the aloof Hong Jingyan with a hint of mockery.
"face?"
“Who do you think you are, Hong Jingyan?”
Hong Jingyan narrowed his eyes, a murderous glint in his gaze.
He never expected that this young prince would look down on him so much.
With Hong Jingyan's prestige, even Empress Murong had to give him some face.
"Well done, Li Chang'an, you're even more arrogant than Xu Xiao."
Li Chang'an ignored him and said to all the experts, "Everyone, today's opportunity to spar with a great master from Northern Mang is extremely rare, so don't miss it."
“Hong Jingyan, Zhong Liang, and Di Wuhao, none of them will escape.”
With the order given, the experts of the Grand Protectorate were all eager to fight and began to continue their siege of the Northern Barbarian experts.
Masters like Gong Banque, Wu Liuding, and Cuihua from Liyang were eagerly anticipating sparring with experts from Beimang.
Hong Jingyan himself threw a punch at Li Chang'an, and in an instant, the wind and clouds surged and the sky and earth changed color.
Li Chang'an activated Thunder God's Swiftness and instantly teleported to Hong Jingyan's side.
He unleashed a powerful strike, exchanging a solid palm strike with Hong Jingyan!
The powerful true energy surged through the valley, uprooting entire groves of trees and smoothing out the rocky peaks!
Hong Jingyan's eyes widened in surprise, "The Great Vajra Physique!"
Li Chang'an's body surface surged with dragon and elephant energy, and he unleashed another Bodhisattva Annihilation move, engaging in a fierce battle with Hong Jingyan!
Two powerful energies shook the heavens and earth, causing dark clouds to roll and storms to rage.
Li Chang'an has been studying the Great River Sword Intent and has already mastered six moves. There are also signs of breakthrough in the remaining three moves.
Li Chang'an's cultivation at the Finger Profound Realm is now approaching the late stage, and the power of his martial arts moves is no less than that of Hong Jingyan!
Although Hong Jingyan was known as a top expert in Northern Mang, only slightly weaker than Tuoba Pusa, this was not the case.
The hidden terrestrial immortals in the Northern Wilderness include Yuan Qingshan, Xie Guanying, Sui Xiegu, Taiping Ling, and the Bronze Man Ancestor, among others.
Li Chang'an is now capable of competing with the top masters in the public eye.
While the two were fighting in the air, Wu Liuding had already pierced the chest with a sword.
The lord of Beimang Tibing Mountain actually perished in his first battle with the Anxi Protectorate.
What worries Hong Jingyan even more is that several experts are now besieging Zhong Liang, and Zhong Liang is about to be overwhelmed.
"Senior Hong, save me!"
Zhong Liang's tone was urgent; he was all talk and no action, and his attitude changed so quickly.
Hong Jingyan's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. If Zhong Liang were to fall as well, the Northern Barbarians would suffer a great loss in this battle.
There were more than a dozen top-ranking experts!
"laugh!"
But he had no time to think about it, because Li Chang'an's Great River Sword Intent was already shooting at him one after another!
Hong Jingyan's pupil-less silver eyes suddenly shone brightly, forming a hundred-foot-long vortex that collided continuously with Li Chang'an's Guanyin Chaotic Vortex!
The sounds of colliding and exploding true energy filled the air, and yet another mountain was flattened!
Because Hong Jingyan was unable to rescue Zhong Liang in time, Zhong Liang was surrounded and killed by many experts, leaving no trace of his body!
As everyone watched the earth-shattering duel between Li Chang'an and Hong Jingyan, they all wore expressions of disbelief.
At just twenty years old, Li Chang'an already possessed the strength to fight against some of the world's top masters!
Everyone knew that Li Chang'an cultivated three realms simultaneously and had never encountered an opponent.
However, it now seems that when facing a top-tier martial artist at the peak of the Celestial Phenomenon realm, they are not inferior!
In other words, below the level of a terrestrial immortal, no one can harm Li Chang'an.
At this moment, Hong Jingyan had long since abandoned his initial contempt and was now filled with shock, like a raging storm.
It seems that the Northern Barbarians have underestimated this newly arrived Tang King.
This one act of underestimation cost the Northern Barbarians a bloody price!
Li Chang'an unleashed six moves of the Great River Sword Intent in succession, revealing a hint of the cultivation of a contemporary sword immortal.
Hong Jingyan said with a livid face, "King Tang, let's end it here for today."
"I certainly can't kill you, but you can't do anything to me either."
Li Chang'an remained calm and unconcerned, saying, "It's hard to say."
After speaking, Li Chang'an transformed his right hand into a sword, and the sword intent stirred up a cloud of dust, just like a vast river that never ends!
The dark clouds in the sky were also stirred up by the sword energy, as if a great river of flowing clouds was descending from the sky!
The sound of tearing true energy echoed continuously in the air as Hong Jingyan's celestial true energy was ripped apart inch by inch!
Hong Jingyan's face suddenly turned pale, and he said incredulously, "You want to kill me!"
"How can this be!"
However, at this moment, the sword intent formed by the yellow sand and dark clouds has already swept over the sky!
The myriad sword energies sliced through Hong Jingyan's protective true energy like a slow, agonizing death!
"What kind of sword intent is this?!"
"What kind of sword intent is this?!"
Hong Jingyan was filled with fear and had completely lost his grandmaster demeanor!
The experts of the Grand Protectorate were completely stunned!
Although Li Chang'an's cultivation level in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm is only at the initial stage, because he cultivates three realms simultaneously, his combat power has now surpassed that of Hong Jingyan!
Gong Banque exclaimed incredulously, "Cultivating three realms simultaneously has such power!"
In that instant, he suddenly decided not to return to Wudi City.
He cultivates both the Vajra and Finger Profound Realms simultaneously, and only Li Chang'an, who cultivates all three realms simultaneously, can guide him in some way.
Anyway, Wang Xianzhi is a martial arts fanatic, so it doesn't matter if he has one more disciple or one less disciple.
Gu Dazu stroked his beard and smiled, "Your Highness has broken through to the next realm, and has entered the late stage of the Finger Profound Realm."
"Below the level of a terrestrial immortal, only the Buddhist Vajra, the Confucian Celestial Phenomenon, and the Taoist Great Finger Profound Energy can contend with him!"
Everyone looked at the sky with respectful expressions. Gu Dazu's words implied that Hong Jingyan was doomed!
At this moment, Li Chang'an answered Hong Jingyan's question indifferently.
"The Milky Way is also a river, and this move is the seventh move of the Great River Sword Intent."
"It seems as if the Milky Way has fallen from the ninth heaven!"
Hong Jingyan struggled to hold on amidst the overwhelming sword energy, blood already seeping from his silver eyes!
"The Milky Way, the Milky Way, it's actually the Milky Way!"
"Hahaha, how could I, a mere mortal, withstand the might of the Milky Way!"
In an instant, sand and dark clouds swept across the sky, just like the Milky Way crashing down from the heavens, and thunder roaring from the ground as the wind swept away the clouds!
In a short while, the wind and clouds cleared, and there was no trace of Hong Jingyan left.
Yes, but all five thousand Xuanjia soldiers knelt on one knee at the same time and shouted in unison.
"The prince's sword aura shakes the heavens and awes the world!"
All the experts were filled with awe and admiration.
Li Chang'an had recovered two counties occupied by barbarians in Shazhou in less than three months.
With control of five prefectures, even the refugees of Qingcang have begun to submit, and now they have repelled the attack of the Northern Barbarian experts.
Shazhou has already begun to rise; if all the refugees join, it will be another army of 100,000!
At that time, neither the Northern Barbarians nor the Northern Liang would dare to easily cause trouble for Li Chang'an in the Northwest.