The system asked me, a weak woman, to challenge a saint

Li Minke, who was idle in the stronghold, had no intention of getting involved in the disputes between the Huanchen Sect. He narrowed the scope of his spiritual consciousness to within ten miles and waited for the Huanchen Sect elder to get news about other Xiaoqi, so that he could follow the clues to find out all the suspense happening in the Holy Guards in this world.

However, late at night, his realm of consciousness was invaded by an unusually strange consciousness. At first, he thought that the other party's cultivation level was not high and he was only in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, so he didn't pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, he seriously underestimated the terrifying extent of Chen Subaru's consciousness. Feeling that the defense of his spiritual consciousness was on the verge of being broken through, Li Minke was shocked to realize that the stamina and resilience of his opponent's spiritual consciousness far exceeded expectations.

Fortunately, both sides stopped fighting and did not go into a deep fight. Li Minke wanted to retreat, but Chen Subaru did not dare to act rashly.

At this time, Baihu in the stronghold was becoming increasingly nervous. He had lost contact with the other two strongholds, and soldiers in the military town outside the stronghold were planning an attack. However, under the cover of Chen Subaru's consciousness, they lost their investigative capabilities and could not even contact the human scouts who were out. In this case, all the previous deployments had completely lost their effect, and he had to devote all his remaining troops to defense.

After destroying two strongholds in a row, Chen Subaru was very patient with the last stronghold. Now he would rather give up the goal of annihilating the enemy than let his own side suffer. The mysterious consciousness disappeared without a trace in the stronghold, and Chen Subaru took the opportunity to block the entire stronghold from external sound transmission and consciousness exploration. By the way, he eliminated the human puppet scouts gathered behind the soldiers in the military town.

So, without understanding each other, the two sides prepared nervously for the whole night.

The morning light is like a magical painter, decorating the earth with colorful colors and filling the world with light. The sun gently penetrates the clouds, shining on the mountains, rivers, flowers, grass and trees, awakening the sleeping creatures.

The two teams, which had been preparing nervously all night, began to take action.

The hundreds of scouts in the stronghold thought of retreating when they realized that they had lost contact with the outside world. However, in the vast night, he felt the emptiness outside the stronghold, and finally gave up the risk of breaking out. At night, he arranged everyone around to defend against possible night attacks. After dawn, he began to readjust the deployment.

After Chen Subaru gathered his troops, he boldly advanced the team five miles outside the stronghold and arranged for the soldiers to take turns to rest for an hour and a half. After daybreak, the rested soldiers were refreshed.

There was no need to send out scouts at such a close distance. Both parties only need to slightly use magic to enhance their eyesight, and they can roughly understand each other's situation. The guards in the stronghold did not know when the opponent would attack, so they were always ready. Although it is not a big deal for monks in this realm to go without sleep for several days, due to limited consciousness and fear of the unknown, their energy is constantly consumed, and everyone's face shows a look of exhaustion.

There were also some mortals and monks with lower cultivation levels among the soldiers in the military town. Chen Subaru asked them to replenish their food and ensure that everyone checked their equipment.

When everything was ready, Chen Subaru condensed an extraordinary Xuanbing sword in his hand. Different from the previous condensed ice sword, in addition to the basic aura condensation, this sword was also infused with the sword intent that Chen Subaru understood, making the sword's shining aura contain a sharp sword aura.

The process of condensing this sword was quite long, and Chen Subaru's body gradually floated high into the sky. When the Black Ice Sword was fully formed, Chen Subaru was already standing on the clouds.

As Chen Subaru slowly rose into the air, the soldiers in the military town also began to march before the attack. By the time Chen Subaru arrived in the cloud, they had quickly entered the charging position.

In the process of condensing the Xuan Bing Sword, Chen Subaru always closed his eyes to sense the disturbance outside the stronghold. After the sword was completed, he suddenly opened his eyes, with a cold light flashing in his eyes. The enhanced spiritual consciousness that had been waiting outside the stronghold for a long time plunged into the stronghold's defense like long dragons.

As expected by Chen Subaru, Li Minke deployed a tight spiritual defense in the stronghold. When the consciousnesses clashed, the sky above the entire stronghold was like thousands of sharp swords clashing, emitting harsh and continuous sonic booms.

Chen Subaru had no intention of engaging in a lasting spiritual contest with the opponent, but instead used multiple points of impact to forcefully tear a hole in the opponent's spiritual defense. The moment Chen Subaru's consciousness penetrated Li Minke's consciousness defense line, he fell from the sky like a cannonball and shot directly into the stronghold.

Li Minke has been waiting for a long time. Seeing Chen Subaru falling from the sky, he immediately drew out the sword from his waist and charged forward. What surprised Chen Subaru was that the other monk had a deep understanding of the art of swordsmanship. After his Xuanbing sword collided with the opponent's standard sword, he did not gain any advantage. Obviously, the opponent's sword also contains sword intent.

After the first kendo collision, both sides were surprised. The originally fierce battle for consciousness subsided instantly, and turbulence swept through the entire stronghold, kicking up large amounts of dust.

When Chen Subaru rushed towards the stronghold from the air, the cavalry had completed two rounds of mounted fire, covering the infantry into the charging position. More than a hundred cavalry were divided into two groups, preparing to attack the stronghold defense from the flanks.

The guards in the stronghold seemed not to be good at dealing with fast-moving targets, and mounted fire was not effective in retaliating. Under the suppression of the opponent's cavalry and spiritual arrows, the guards could hardly complete effective shooting. Only the remaining puppets used their spiritual shields to resist the impact of the spiritual arrows and fought back, causing a few cavalrymen to be slightly injured.

When the cavalry dispersed and the infantry began to charge, a sudden strong wind blew up and smoke flew everywhere. The guards had just recovered from the suppressed state and were preparing to kill the enemy's infantry from a distance. Their vision disappeared instantly, and they had to drop their bows and arrows to prepare for the opponent's melee attack.

The first confrontation between Chen Subaru and Li Minke fell into a brief confrontation after one blow.

Li Minke was surprised to find that the opponent not only had strange spiritual consciousness, but also had an incredibly high level of swordsmanship. He was able to synchronize with his cultivation and stabilize his own head. This prevented his cultivation advantage from being fully utilized in the kendo duel, and since his side had been exposed for a long time, he was worried that the other party would attract strong support.

Chen Subaru also faced a dilemma. He had a head-to-head confrontation with the Transformation Monk for the first time. The opponent's swordsmanship was extraordinary. Although he was slightly better, it was difficult to win in a short time. If the other party relies on their cultivation and uses other means to consume themselves, I am afraid that I will lose.

Neither side wants to get into a war of attrition, so the next blow will be the key to victory or defeat.

At this time, the one hundred and twenty infantrymen in the military town had started a fierce battle with the guards of the stronghold, but the cavalry did not charge rashly due to loss of vision. The sound of more than two hundred people fighting and colliding with spiritual energy echoed one after another in the small stronghold.

Suddenly, a sword light fell from the sky. Xue'er, who put away her form in order to rush on the road, controlled the Liangyi Tianbing Sword, and at the expense of exhausting the spiritual power in the sword, she flew from a distance according to the guidance of telepathy.

This incident put Li Minke under great pressure. He mistakenly thought that Chen Subaru's reinforcements had arrived, and beads of sweat could not help but appear on his forehead.