Chapter 967: Won't Get Away
With Yu Xiyi engaged in a life-and-death battle with Autumn in the sky, the Dean was able to return to the top of the city wall, but after only catching his breath briefly, this Confucian Saint had no choice but to rejoin the battlefield, separating the great demons that were besieging Liu Banbi.
Of his seventy-two disciples, not many remained alive now, could he really just stand by and watch those before him die here?
However, with the Dean joining the battle, Liu Banbi’s pressure was indeed greatly reduced. This young sword immortal who was only a hair’s breadth away from the great sword immortal realm, would almost certainly have died at Pine Pavilion Pass if not for the Dean’s intervention.
With the Dean present, Liu Banbi forced back a great demon in front of him with a single sword strike, finally able to stretch his limbs. The young sword immortal smiled, raised his brows, and said, “Alright, let me see, who’s going to die first?”
Sword intent flickered within his eyes as he looked at one of the great demons present, causing that demon’s entire body to turn cold.
The matter of attacking the city had long been thoroughly prepared. Scouts had gathered intelligence and learned of the situation here, and with the demon princess Autumn personally overseeing the battle, it should have been a foolproof plan. But who could have expected that a great sword immortal like Yu Xiyi would suddenly appear out of nowhere?
With his arrival on the battlefield, he had cleanly and decisively slain a great demon at the very start, causing the situation here to undergo a subtle shift.
After all, the human side had gone from having only one cultivator at the end of Nepenthe to now having two.
What that difference meant was something everyone understood clearly.