This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

The Jinlin Guards, one of the most renowned cultivator army units in Heavenly River City, are composed entirely of body cultivators with formidable battlefield capabilities.

This Iron Guard was specially established by the Human Race for the second path-demon war and is one of the essential strategic military units of the Human Race.

The entry threshold for the Jinlin Guards is the Eighth Realm.

In other words, the ten-some Jinlin Guards are all Eighth Realm cultivators, and exceptionally adept at field battles and seamlessly coordinated.

This is an incredibly fearsome combat power that is never deployed lightly in ordinary times.

Because the resources spent on forming such a cultivator army are utterly astronomical and cannot afford to be lost.

It's known that cultivators are rebellious and accustomed to being unrestrained.

Especially those who can cultivate to the Tribulation Crossing Realm are even more so.

You let them fight against the Demon Race, and they won't object.

But if you want to set various rules to restrict them, that's simply a fool's dream.

However, an organized cultivator army can indeed display even more formidable combat power.

Just like in the mortal world, a well-coordinated, well-trained, and disciplined army of ten is enough to cut through a hundred scattered soldiers.

The same logic applies to cultivators.

The power of the Human Race is clearly weaker than the Demon Race, so compensation is needed in other areas, and forming a cultivator army is undoubtedly a very suitable direction.

With this consideration, Heavenly River City made a decision.

Since changing the nature of Eighth Realm cultivators is unrealistic, they decided to cultivate Eighth Realm cultivators who would follow orders themselves!

Thus, after discussions, the authorities of Heavenly River City began issuing recruitment orders targeting all Fourth and Fifth Realm cultivators, offering generous terms to enlist them.

Compared with the already set-in-stone nature of Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivators, the Nascent Soul Realm and Void Refinement Realm cultivators naturally have more room for adjustment.

But the biggest issue is that Eighth Realm cultivators cannot be made solely through resources and nurturing; much depends on the cultivator's innate talent and temperament.

Therefore, even though Heavenly River City conducted rigorous screenings when recruiting, selecting only those with bright prospects and excellent temperaments, and generously providing resources and guidance from great master cultivators,

In the end, the probability of these people reaching the Eighth Realm was still less than half a percent.

Such a huge input-to-output ratio, in today's world, only Heavenly River City has the capability to form a cultivator army with the Eighth Realm as the entry threshold.

The saying "good steel should be used on the blade" applies here; the difficulty of forming the Jinlin Guards is so high that they always adhere to the principle of nurturing for a thousand days, using them for a moment.

In normal times, the Jinlin Guards are Heavenly River City's absolute treasure, and they would never be deployed lightly unless absolutely necessary.

This time, the fact that ten-some Jinlin Guards left Heavenly River City to infiltrate Black Cloud Mountain was all orchestrated by Shui Yue, the Pavilion Master.

Seeing that the frontier war was urgent and the traitor within the Rinsing Spirit Sect had not been captured, Shui Yue's determination grew increasingly firm, determined to seize this opportunity to achieve success in one move.

After all, if something unexpected happens this time, who knows when there will be another chance to uncover so many clues next time.

Moreover, given the current situation, she really had no mind to play the cat-and-mouse game with the Rinsing Spirit Sect any longer.

Thus, Shui Yue directly sought assistance from Heavenly River City.

Mobilizing the Jinlin Guards is indeed difficult, but the cultivator in charge in Heavenly River City is the Heavenly River Sword Immortal Chu Mushen, and below him is the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, Qi Butian.

For the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, mobilizing some Jinlin Guards is indeed not a big deal.

Therefore, Shui Yue borrowed these ten-some Jinlin Guards without any hitch, silently and smoothly.

From a strategic perspective as well as specific operational responses, Shui Yue has acted extremely meticulously.

If everything goes as expected, the cultivators from the Rinsing Spirit Sect led by Yun Xuan Daoist, who came to attack the mountain and destroy the cross-domain teleportation formation, will immediately be executed and purged in the name of internal stability by the Human Race.

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The sound of technique bombardment reverberated through heaven and earth, and the light screen of the Black Cloud Mountain protective array rippled in circles.

Ten-some Jinlin Guard cultivators looked up at the Rinsing Spirit Sect cultivators launching an attack outside Black Cloud Mountain, their expressions calm, and battle intent full.

The leading tall and slender cultivator softly ordered, "Take action!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Outside Black Cloud Mountain, the Rinsing Spirit Sect cultivators led by Yun Xuan Daoist, along with a massive demon beast troop, unleashed their stored attacks.

Instantly the heavens and earth changed color; countless lights flashed, coalescing into heart-wrenching waves, then bombarded the Black Cloud Mountain's protective array.

"This array won't hold much longer!" Yun Xuan Daoist watched as the protective array showed signs of imminent collapse under their relentless assault, feeling increasingly smug.

Suddenly, ten-some dazzling beams of golden light caught his eyes.

Before Yun Xuan Daoist could react to what was happening, a surge of terrifying auras descended instantly.

"Heavenly River City Jinlin Guards!" By the time he realized what the golden light was, the attack had already commenced.

The ten-some Jinlin Guard cultivators formed a battle array, concentrating their power into one mass, transforming it into a light pillar, and with overwhelming force, it directly crashed at him.