Through the control of the "Sea of Clouds", although the nine long swords in front of her were coming back and forth, she had already lost the specific location of her target. Therefore, she could easily avoid frontal attacks.
And more than a hundred "Ant Mosquito Gu" were quietly released from one side, lying in ambush in a position, waiting for the other party to approach.
However, the swordsman on the opposite side also had rich experience in fighting against the enemy, and he always kept a long sword in the huge sword box behind him.
At this moment, there was a clear "clang" sound, and a long sword from the huge sword box behind him shot out into the sky.
Then, it turned into a rainbow of light and circled around him. In an instant, the circling rainbow strangled more than 30 "Ant Mosquito Gu" that were approaching.
There was a look of disdain in the eyes of the sword cultivator. This sword was his natal magic weapon and the most powerful one.
At this moment, a flying knife as thin as a cicada's wing suddenly appeared near his head and shot towards his cheek.
The flying knife appeared silently, and this Ten-Step Academy swordsman was surprised only when he sensed it right before it approached him.
But the long sword that was flying beside him flashed and appeared at the critical moment.
He barely blocked the side of his head, and at that moment there was a gap in his defense, and more than a dozen "Ant Mosquito Gu" pounced on him within a foot in an instant.
"We shouldn't have been so reckless in entering the clouds. If we hold on for a few more breaths, this woman will run out of power and reveal her weakness!"
The swordsman also felt a little regretful about his previous judgment.
He had to retreat hastily, with the protective spiritual light flashing wildly on his body to resist the poisonous insects. At the same time, while communicating with his mind, five long swords came from afar.
Just as his sword was coming to the rescue, those "ant mosquito insects" suddenly disappeared in the rolling white clouds, leaving only a dozen or so insects that had just approached and were strangled to death by the sword.
And the flying knife as thin as a cicada's wing disappeared again after just two quick hits with his life-saving magic weapon.
The sword cultivator snorted coldly.
"Let's see how long you can last!"
Mulan's two attempts at sneak attacks were unsuccessful. In a short period of time, neither side could do anything to the other.
But the sword cultivator from the Ten-Step Academy had already seen Mu Lian’s biggest weakness. All he had to do was to ensure his own safety and delay for a while.
On the other side, Sun Guoshu also stopped flying and was fighting with another swordsman with a huge sword.
Having said that, he basically defended more than he attacked, and spent most of his time dodging.
This sword cultivator also controlled nine flying swords to fly up and down, moving back and forth to attack and cut.
This allowed Sun Guoshu to find time to block some flying swords and then slash out a wave of sword energy to kill the opponent.
The sword cultivator who was fighting against Sun Guoshu was only in the late foundation-building stage, which was much weaker than Sun Guoshu who was in the false elixir stage.
However, fighting across levels is a common occurrence for sword cultivators, which means that Sun Guoshu, an ordinary cultivator, can only fight to a draw with his opponent.
However, as the sword formation formed by these flying swords around him shrank rapidly, Sun Guoshu's space for maneuvering was squeezed smaller and smaller.
"Damn it, how did I encounter these deadly weapons from Shibuyuan!"
Although Sun Guoshu's realm was improved by the skills he acquired later, his own foundation was still too shallow, and the quality of his magic weapons and qi-replenishing pills were only barely sufficient.
If he encounters monks from the Taixuan Sect or the Pure Land Sect, he might rely on his powerful magic power to fight against them.
But the monks of the Ten-Step Academy practiced killing skills, especially the outer sword monks. They knew that it would be difficult for sword monks to compete with inner sword monks in the later stages, so most of their efforts were placed on the Grinding Gravel Sword Box.
As a result, they have a large number of flying swords in their sword cases, and they are all sets of spiritual treasures or magic weapons. This makes their combat power quite outstanding in the early stages, and even the inner sword monks cannot compete with them.
The two sides fought for only ten breaths, and Sun Guoshu was cut by the opponent's sword hundreds of times. Fortunately, his magic power was stronger than the opponent's, and he protected his whole body with the spiritual power shield.
But the magic power of the monk from the Ten-Step Courtyard was only slightly weaker, and every time he attacked, Sun Guoshu had to use stronger magic power to withstand it.
Sun Guoshu had to consume his mana to block and attack hundreds of times, which consumed about half of his mana in ten breaths. He had to start swallowing pills like Mulian.
Mu Lian on the other side was also struggling. She hoped that Sun Guoshu could hold on a little longer. Otherwise, if one of the two sword cultivators was left alone, they would all die.
It is almost impossible for the two of them to escape now, but as long as they can attract the attention of other monks, perhaps these two hateful Ten-Step Courtyard monks will retreat on their own.
Another eight breaths passed, and bloodstains appeared on Sun Guoshu's body, while Mu Lian's "sea of clouds" had shrunk to about 130 feet. Her position was about to be locked by the opponent.
It's not that the "Bulifeng" poisonous insect technique is not powerful, but Mulian's poisonous insects are good at sneak attacks, and resisting like this is not her specialty at all.
It is not easy for her to persist until now, using her own weaknesses to attack others' strengths.
If this sword cultivator encountered a master from Buli Peak like Li Changting, Li Changting would have endless means to deal with these two people.
For example, releasing a kind of poisonous insect called "Black Gold Gu". This kind of poisonous insect has a hard shell on its body. Ordinary spiritual treasures and magic weapons cannot kill it, and can usually only shock it away.
And they will pounce on you again the next moment, making it difficult to deal with them, but Mulian does not have such a high talent to sacrifice more poisonous insects at the same time.
Therefore, she chose to refine a type of poisonous insects, and the poisonous insects she carried were all good at sneak attacks.
"Brother Sun, how should we deal with this?"
Mu Lian immediately sent a message to Sun Guoshu, saying that if they continued like this, both of them would eventually be killed.
While hiding, Sun Guoshu was also thinking hard about how to escape. Although his strength was average among his peers, as a former casual cultivator, he certainly had more ways to save his life.
"Why are they chasing you? Don't say it's because of your beauty. I don't see any lust in their eyes!" Sun Guoshu replied quickly.
When Mulan heard these words, her eyebrows raised and she felt a little unhappy.
Her appearance is not bad at all, on the contrary, she is very beautiful in a way that makes people's heart flutter. Sun Guoshu's words clearly mean that her beauty will not attract the covetousness of others.
However, now is not the time to worry about these things, and she can only tell the truth about the matter.
"I got a 'Shadow Void Stone' and they saw it!"
When Sun Guoshu heard this, he immediately knew the outcome of the matter with his experience. Few of the monks training here were good people, so it was normal to kill people for treasures.
Sun Guoshu immediately thought quickly. Seeing that Sun Guoshu fell silent after hearing her answer, Mu Lian was anxious but did not urge him again.
Sure enough, after just a breath, Sun Guoshu's voice sounded in her mind again.
"We will self-destruct our magic weapons later. No matter if they are our life-saving magic weapons or not, we must be willing to use them. If you have a talisman with greater power, don't be merciful and go all out.
We should attack from both sides at the same time so that they will be caught off guard. With such a powerful self-explosion, I don't believe they won't be injured.
Before you self-destructed your magic weapon and talisman, you threw the 'Shadow Void Stone' in another direction. This would definitely affect their minds.
This way, our self-destructing magic weapons and talismans will be more unexpected and we will have a chance to escape.
After they were injured, they would be even more enraged, but the two of them should not be of the same mind. They both want to get the Shadow Void Stone!"
Sun Guoshu quickly told his plan. He naturally had a way to escape, and what's more, his magic weapon was not his natal magic weapon.
In the past, he was poor and had never encountered a suitable magic weapon. Later, after entering the Wuliang Sect, his ambitions grew a lot. He wanted to refine a magic weapon suitable for himself in the Jindan Realm.
This giant sword is a magic weapon of average grade and decent power.
But even so, this magic weapon is the best one Sun Guoshu has, and he can never get a more powerful attack weapon.
In order to form the elixir, he tightened his belt and lived frugally, wishing he could break a spirit stone into two pieces.
However, Sun Guoshu did not really value money over his life. He also had a set of formations with good attack power, but it would take time to set up.
He would still grit his teeth and buy things that would help him survive when he went out for experience, but most of them were defensive.
In addition to the formation, he also had several talismans with extremely strong defensive power, but neither of these two things was very applicable at this time.
Mu Lian was silent for only half a breath, and then she immediately sent a message.
"Okay, let's do as Senior Brother Sun says! But... Senior Brother Sun, you and I are from the same sect after all, I hope we can help each other!"
Mu Lian spoke sincerely, and her meaning was very clear. She didn't need to do as she was told. Sun Guoshu was just using her and had other plans to escape.
"No! Wait for me to send a message!"
Sun Guoshu simply replied with a few words. In fact, when he heard Mu Lian's message, he was really struggling in his heart. He really had this idea.
When Mu Lian threw out the "Shadow Sky Stone", the minds of the two sword cultivators in front of him would definitely be affected, and their attacks would be temporarily paused.
Without notifying Mu Lian, when the opponent throws out the "Phantom Stone", he will immediately detonate his magic weapon in advance and severely injure the swordsman on the opposite side.
He made the first move, and Mu Lian threw out the "Shadow Sky Stone" again. The swordsman who was fighting against Mu Lian would naturally be on guard and more vigilant towards Mu Lian.
He either had to turn around immediately to look for the "Shadow Sky Stone" or speed up to kill Mu Lian, then he would have a great chance of escaping.
And now that Mu Lian suddenly said this, Sun Guoshu actually felt a little guilty, which would never have happened before.
After staying in the sect for several decades, some things had quietly grown in his heart, and the ways of the casual cultivators were no longer the most deeply rooted in his mind.
Sun Guoshu quickly glanced at the sea of clouds that had shrunk to about a hundred feet. Although he did not see Mulian, he seemed to see some eyes staring at him, waiting for the final moment of escape.
"Throw the Shadow Sky Stone to the south, the farther the better!"
Sun Guoshu's voice rang in Mulian's heart, but at this time Mulian hesitated for a moment.
"quick!"
Sun Guoshu's urging voice echoed in her mind again. The maneuvering space on Sun Guoshu's side was also compressed to only more than ten feet.
The bloodstains on Sun Guoshu's body were increasing rapidly.
Mu Lian gritted her teeth, and suddenly a black light flashed out from the white clouds and flew quickly towards the southern sky.
The two sword cultivators who were fighting saw something flying out and thought it was an attack from the other party, so they immediately locked onto it with their spiritual sense.
"It's the 'Shadow Sky Stone'!"
With a sweep of their spiritual sense, the two of them saw clearly what had flown out.
When a foundation-building cultivator threw it with all his strength, a black light flashed, and the "Shadow Sky Stone" flew away in an instant and disappeared.
The two Ten-Step Academy sword cultivators were both shocked and angry!
Both of them had the urge to chase after them immediately, but at the same time they also hoped that the other party would stay and temporarily trap Sun Guoshu and the other two to destroy the bodies.
As soon as Mu Lian let the thing out of her hand, her whole nerves tensed up. She was waiting for Sun Guoshu's final message!