Chapter 1723: Seizing Momentum, Second Battle!
At the same time, within the Netherworld, one paper boat after another arrived beneath the Heavenly Court's great camp. Netherworld Venerable activated the Book of Life and Death, and countless soldiers of the Heavenly Court suddenly felt dazed and confused, their vision going black as they found themselves appearing within the Netherworld.
They had not truly fallen into the Netherworld, but rather the Netherworld Venerable had used the Book of Life and Death to strip away their lifespan, pulling their primordial spirits into the Netherworld.
The lifespan of deities was built upon the Life and Death Divine Treasury. The Netherworld Venerable was the founder of the Life and Death Divine Treasury, but the cultivation of gods and demons was too high—stripping away their lifespan was not enough to take their lives. As long as their primordial spirits returned to their physical bodies, they could come back to life.
What the Netherworld Venerable needed to do was rely on his hundreds of millions of clones to slay the primordial spirits of these Heavenly Court gods and demons!
He alone was an army of hundreds of millions of gods and demons!
Just as he pulled a million Heavenly Court gods and demons into the Netherworld, suddenly two more armies charged into the Netherworld—they were the Left and Right Dragon Martial Guards of the Ten Guards of the Heavenly Court!
These two armies entered the Netherworld with their powerful physical bodies, coming specifically to hunt down the Netherworld Venerable. The strength of the Dragon Martial Guards was extremely formidable, and the formation they formed was two Netherworld Demon-Summoning Arrays.
The Netherworld Demon-Summoning Array was also designed by Heavenly Master Meng Yungui, but it did not imitate Void Venerable—rather, it imitated Earth Bo!
As the formation was activated, the primordial spirits of a hundred thousand gods and demons from the Dragon Martial Guards gathered together, transforming into two Earth Bo-shaped primordial spirits that directly swept through and shattered countless Netherworld Venerable clones!
The Netherworld Venerable had too many clones, and each clone's power was not high. Caught off guard, he lost a million clones.
The Dragon Martial Guards were wreaking havoc, activating their formation once more, when suddenly a colossal object descended from the sky, appearing in the center of the two guards—it was the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel, forged by Yankang at the cost of countless treasures.
The Six Paths Heavenly Wheel separated the Dragon Martial Guards from the Netherworld Venerable. Qin Fengqing stood before the Heavenly Wheel, its power activated, and gods and demons of the Jade Capital and Lingxiao realms from the Dragon Martial Guards found themselves helplessly transformed—both their physical bodies and primordial spirits undergoing changes.
Originally, the Dragon Martial Guards were mostly half-gods of the dragon and tiger clans, which was why they were called Dragon Martial. But as the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel spun, it actually changed their very races!
Not only were their physical races changed, but even their primordial spirits underwent mutation, becoming primordial spirits of other races.
The Dragon Martial Guards fell into chaos, their formation scattering. However, there were beings at the Imperial Throne realm within the two guards who were not affected. They immediately raised the formation diagrams—even if the formation was scattered, as long as the Dragon Martial Guards remained within the formation diagrams, the formation could be maintained unbroken.
As long as the formation remained, they could still contend with Qin Fengqing!
Just as they activated the formation diagrams, suddenly Qin Fengqing's three faces turned incomparably gloomy: "You... are not worthy of becoming the Big Guy!"
Sss—
His vertical eye on his forehead opened—that was the Eye of the Netherworld. Wherever its gaze passed, the gods and demons' primordial spirits forming the Earth Bo shape within the two formations instantly turned to ash!
Three heads, three vertical eyes—wherever they passed, the two great formations were forcibly sliced apart!
Qin Fengqing activated the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel, which spun with a howl, sweeping up the scattered primordial spirits of the Dragon Martial Guards' soldiers and pulling them into the wheel.
His six arms spread wide, reaching out to grab the two enormous formation diagrams.
At that moment, the Netherworld suddenly shook violently. A Heavenly River crashed through, and upon entering the Netherworld, it transformed into the River of the Dead. On the river, fleets as vast as continents appeared, countless divine abilities flying up, densely packed, attacking both the Netherworld Venerable and Qin Fengqing simultaneously!
Those were the tower ships of the Heavenly River Naval Forces!
The Heavenly River Naval Forces were one of the Three Divisions. Although they had once been defeated by Woodcutter leading the army of Wuyou Village, their main force still remained.
Now that the Heavenly River had entered the Netherworld, seeing the Dragon Martial Guards in peril, they had come to provide support.
The battlefield was within the Netherworld space that overlapped with the Heavenly Court's great camp, so the Heavenly River Naval Forces did not need to travel—they could descend directly to this place.
The Netherworld was extraordinary. After entering it, the flesh and blood of the Heavenly River Naval Forces' soldiers immediately sloughed away, turning into bare white bones.
Their cultivation could not compare to the Dragon Martial Guards, but they made up for it in numbers. The Naval Forces' participation added many variables to this battle.
Seeing the portion of the Heavenly River flooding into the Netherworld growing longer and longer, with more and more tower ships of the Heavenly River Naval Forces appearing on the river's surface, suddenly, the river's waters came to an abrupt halt. Then they rapidly retreated back to the mortal world, as if some giant were pulling the great river, forcibly dragging it back!
The crisis for the Netherworld Venerable and Qin Fengqing was immediately resolved, and each struck with lethal force.
Outside the Heavenly Court's great camp, another Heavenly River suddenly appeared, connecting with the main river—that was the missing portion of the Heavenly River, which had once been sealed by Eternity Venerable as immutable matter in the ruins of the Upper Sovereign Heavenly Court.
At this moment, that section of the Heavenly River reappeared, connecting with the main river. The Black Tortoise and the Flying Serpent, incarnated by the two Dark Emperors, strained with all their might, forcibly dragging the Heavenly River Naval Forces that had entered the Netherworld back out!
These two ancient god emperors possessed astonishing cultivation—they were beings at the Venerable level. Moreover, they were now within the sacred ground, their ancient god powers pushed to the extreme!
They not only dragged the Heavenly River and the Naval Forces out of the Netherworld—they also dragged the Naval Forces out of the Heavenly Court's great camp!
The Heavenly River crushed swaths of city walls, creating gap after gap, and the naval fleet was dragged out of the camp as well. Dark Emperor laughed heartily: "Warriors of the North Pole Heaven, prepare for battle! Fallen Emperor, are you ready?"
Wei Suifeng snorted coldly, leading the Feather Forest Army soldiers forward to meet them.
At the same time, Grandmother Si's ground forces arrived outside the Heavenly Court's great camp. Ahead of them were the countless Heavenly Court armies surging like tides toward Wuyou Village and the World Tree.
"Four Extremes Division! Sacrifice!"
At Grandmother Si's command, Jiang Yunjian immediately led his subordinates charging out first, each raising the divine weapons of the Four Ancient God Emperors. The Five Thunder Pot was opened, and instantly five great clouds of thunder filled the sky, blotting out everything cleanly. Countless bolts of lightning struck down from the heavens, sending Heavenly Court gods and demons below into chaos!
The White Tiger Divine Weapon, the Vermilion Bird War Chariot, and the Azure Dragon Saber were also activated by Jiang Yunjian and the others, each erupting with the divine abilities of the Four Emperors, surging toward the various armies!
Meanwhile, in the flying chariot formation above, Village Chief's expression was solemn as he offered up his sword. Behind him, on chariot after chariot, sword towers were pushed out, and countless sword pellets flew forth, continuously decomposing as they fell.
As the sword pellets decomposed, they fell into the layers of the Five Great Thunder Clouds laid down by Jiang Yunjian's army. Lightning crackled down, illuminating the divine swords within the clouds.
Village Chief formed sword seals with his fingers, saying in a deep voice: "Thrust Sword Style!"
Behind him, on the flying chariots, deities of Yankang who had meticulously cultivated sword techniques and the sword dao all formed sword seals, activating the Thrust Sword Style. Within the clouds, flying swords fell like torrential rain, stabbing downward from the sky!
Yankang had many sword dao experts, and Village Chief's sword teaching emphasized basic sword forms—how to unleash the maximum power and might of the most fundamental sword techniques.
Therefore, whether or not Yankang's sword cultivators had reached the sword dao, they all possessed extraordinary skill in basic swordsmanship!
As this wave of sword rain descended, who knew how many Heavenly Court gods and demons were pierced through by the swords stabbing down from the sky, the blades bursting out through their bodies!
"Cloud Sword Style!"
Village Chief changed his sword seals, and the sword and sword dao experts behind him followed his change, shifting to the Cloud Sword Style. The countless divine swords falling from the sky each took the point where they landed as their center and swept in a full circle!
These flying swords were often stuck in the ground. When the Cloud Sword Style was activated, in an instant, who knew how many feet appeared on the ground!
These sword lights specialized in chopping off the feet of gods and demons!
"Lift Sword Style!"
Village Chief's sword seals lifted upward, and the Yankang experts behind him also lifted upward. After those flying swords severed the feet of gods and demons, their tips immediately pointed up, hilts down, and the sword tips stabbed upward!
This stroke either struck the groin or split open bellies and chests!
"Circle Sword Style!"
"Drill Sword Style!"
"Sword Eighteen Styles!"
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One basic sword style after another was unleashed. Below, the cries of the wounded filled the land. Heavenly Court gods and demons who had not died wailed long and miserably amidst the thunder and sword rain—a truly horrific sight!
"Return Swords!"
Village Chief withdrew his sword seals, clasping his hands behind his back. The Yankang experts behind him followed suit, withdrawing their seals and clasping their hands behind their backs. Countless sword lights rose from below, colliding with each other in midair, reforming into sword pellets that returned to the sword towers on the flying chariots.
When Grandmother Si saw the sword lights rising, she shouted a battle cry, and the ground forces immediately urged the ancient colossal beasts forward, thundering and galloping ahead at great speed.
"Offer the Dao Wheels!"
Grandmother Si shouted loudly, and the Myriad Methods Dao Wheel in her hand flew out. Behind her, the gods and demons of Yankang's ground forces all activated their own dao wheels, flying forward following Grandmother Si's divine weapon.
Boom!
Grandmother Si's Myriad Methods Dao Wheel flew into the enemy formation and crashed to the ground with a thunderous impact. The magnetic divine power suddenly erupted, the earth shaking violently as if planets were pressing down, crushing the Heavenly Court gods and demons below until they spat blood from their mouths.
Then, more Myriad Methods Dao Wheels flew in, landing one after another. In front of the Heavenly Court's great camp, the ground sank severely, quickly being pressed into a deep ravine!
At that moment, the Jade Pool Terrace appeared, lying across their path. The terrace was packed with Heavenly Court soldiers, waiting silently.
Grandmother Si gritted her teeth, leading the Yankang army riding colossal beasts to charge forward. At the same time, Butcher and the others suddenly accelerated, riding the phoenixes of the Phoenix Clan to strike from high above!
"We must break through them to rescue Wuyou Village!" Butcher shouted.
Within the Heavenly Court's great camp, the various army commanders all mobilized. Empress Dowager frowned slightly, raising her hand to summon one Guixu Abyss after another, which howled as they flew out of the Heavenly Court's great camp, heading straight for Yankang's various armies!
The Empress Dowager's figure vanished, and the next moment she appeared above one of the Guixu Abysses, striking with lethal force!
Just as one of her divine abilities swallowed a Yankang tower ship, a familiar figure appeared before her—Xu Shenghua and Lan Yutian walked over side by side.
The Empress Dowager's eyelids twitched.
Suddenly, commotion came from the rear of the Heavenly Court's great camp. War horns sounded, and countless ancient colossal beasts thundered, charging straight for the far rear of the great camp.
Dragon Qilin and the Western Emperor White Tiger had finally arrived!
The two Tai Chi ancient gods exchanged a glance and immediately rushed toward the rear, going to meet the Western Emperor and Dragon Qilin, blocking the beast army.
Just as the two of them charged out of the camp, suddenly they saw the chubby Tai Shi sitting on a rock, propping up his cheeks with one hand, holding the Azure Mirror of the Blue Void in the other, gazing at his own reflection with a worried frown.
"Two fellow daoists, you should just surrender." Tai Shi sighed.
"Our paths differ—we cannot work together!" Tai Yin Venerable and Tai Yang Venerable charged forward together!
"Traitors and rebels—all must die."
Heavenly Emperor Hao's gaze flickered. He raised his palm, moving his index and middle fingers. Tai Chu understood, walking toward the World Tree. Heavenly Emperor Hao also took a step, following behind Tai Chu.
Tai Chu was extremely cautious, his gaze sweeping over the shadows of the gods and demons locked in battle, trying to find that one wrong shadow. At that moment, he suddenly saw a young man bend down amidst the chaotic crowd, picking up an arm from the ground. That arm was clutching a broken divine saber.
The young man took the saber, lightly shook the blade light, and flesh and blood flew in all directions around him.
He walked through the flying flesh and blood, stepping through pools of blood, walking toward Tai Chu.
"Lord Shang, no longer hiding in the shadows?" Tai Chu sneered.
"No need."
Lord Shang advanced with his saber, saying indifferently: "In this great slaughter, the killing intent of countless gods and demons is already enough for me to unleash my strongest killing stroke!"
Tai Chu's figure shot up into the sky, landing on his own Grand Luo Heaven, and shouted: "Come over here—let us settle this once and for all!"
Lord Shang leaped up, appearing on his One Qi Grand Luo Heaven.
Heavenly Emperor Hao stepped forward, walking toward the World Tree. The Tai Su Dao transformed, becoming a Tai Yi Divine Axe.
Heavenly Emperor Hao flexed his muscles, his gaze locked firmly on that World Tree.
At that moment, the Burial Dao Divine Coffin suddenly let out a sound of strain beyond its capacity, splitting apart into four pieces, revealing Qin Mu sitting inside the coffin!
Qin Mu's muscles twitched, and the Execution Dao Divine Nails inserted throughout his body vibrated incessantly: "Teacher, I cannot lend you my Divine Treasury Domain anymore. Survive."
Wen Tian'ge and the others were still fighting on the World Tree, facing enemies from all directions, and shouted hoarsely: "Go ahead!"
Qin Mu stood up, his physical body's muscles twitching more urgently. Suddenly, whoosh whoosh whoosh—sounds of breaking air came, and one Execution Dao Divine Nail after another flew out from his body!
—The update is late, but I wrote five hundred extra words. Covering my face, begging not to be hit, begging for monthly votes.