Chapter 45: Assault on the City Part 4

On the front lines where the two sides met, Mr. Liu’s Ba Army howled forth amid the gale and flying sands. They intended to overwhelm the Human Race army with sheer numbers, then scale the walls with tens of thousands of corpses. However, Li Er Man’s troops formed a defensive line and held back the first wave of the Ba Army.

At the same time, a massive black flame rose from the Ba Army’s rear, spewing rotating Blazing Flames toward the Human Race formation.

“I’ve reached the enemy’s rear guard,” Xiao Kun’s voice came from the Echoing Voice Insect.

Xiao Kun encountered the first Ba soldier and immediately drew his blade. A slash of blade light arced, cleaving the charging mummy in two. Even severed and missing its lower half, the Ba crawled forward on its hands, roaring as it lunged at him.

Such Cultivation Base Ba posed no threat to Xiao Kun or Xiang Xian. The problem was the enemy’s overwhelming numbers. Once their Magical Power was depleted, danger loomed, so he did not linger in battle and pressed on toward his sabotage target.

On the other side, flames erupted from Xiang Xian’s body, forming a bright red fire pillar that shot into the sky.

He went all out, casting spells. His left palm extended flat, his right upright. Pure Yang True Fire swirled around his body, forming a fiery hurricane at the battlefield’s center! After parting from A Huang, Xiang Xian could only rely on his cultivated Blazing Flame Technique to charge through; he could not fly and unleash fire rain. Behind him, countless Gaochang warhorses neighed. Li Er Man bellowed and led the cavalry around Xiang Xian, flanking the Ba Army’s wings.

In a mere instant, the sky full of sand and dust ignited as if set ablaze. An explosion centered on Xiang Xian shattered the Ba Army to pieces, scattering them in all directions. Visibility cleared in a flash, and Demonic Fire rose into the air, facing Xiang Xian from afar.

Two Demon Persons shot toward Xiang Xian. One black fire beam hurtled at him, transforming into Yan Yan’s form.

The other black fire beam shot toward the high walls, straight for the overseeing Bila Ge.

It happened in a flash. Xiang Xian gripped the Wisdom Sword, sword and sheath crossed before his chest, blocking the Demon Person’s earth-shaking strike. They collided and rebounded, the flames contracting explosively.

Yan Yan wielded a long blade now, hovering in the air.

“The Red Blood Gold Rings are off?” Xiang Xian flashed a teasing smile. “I’ve got another good toy here. Come on over?”

Yan Yan remained wary and silent. She spun, her long blade whirling like a rotary blade as she hurtled toward Xiang Xian. Gaochang Cavalry surrounded him; if Yan Yan broke through to their side, thousands would die by her hand in moments.

Xiang Xian roared and met her head-on. Their weapons clashed, locking against her spinning blade. He sidestepped a dagger she swung next and smoothly drew the Wisdom Sword.

Golden light erupted amid the sandstorm, making Xiang Xian the focal point of the entire battlefield, drawing ten thousand eyes! Demonic Fire blazed massively, forming soaring Talismanic Runes that gathered black qi and shot toward Xiang Xian. Countless Ba Army soldiers, forcibly driven by the Great Si Ming Flute, abandoned combat and charged relentlessly, using their mummified bodies to block the golden light and drain Xiang Xian’s power.

Yan Yan refused to tangle with him. She had a tactic against the Wisdom Sword: evade its edge, and Xiang Xian’s stamina would soon fail. After all, such an outburst powered by Ignite Divine Sense could not last.

At the city gates, Mr. Ying whistled through the air toward the Gaochang King.

Chaosheng was prepared. He summoned the Mountains and Rivers Sheji Map, shielding Bila Ge. The surrounding walls crumbled into meteor-like rubble. Earth and sand rose, clearing the sandstorm within a hundred paces, all sucked into the map’s domain. The section of wall where they stood became an isolated island. Countless flying stones gathered toward Mr. Ying, piling upon him and forming a massive earthen sphere that crushed him in its center.

Black fire erupted from within the sphere, battering it relentlessly. Chaosheng cupped his hands virtually, clashing with Mr. Ying. In the next moment, a distant Demonic Fire pillar shot a black beam, striking the stone ball and exploding it. Mr. Ying revealed his twin claws and lunged at Chaosheng, aiming to crush him.

A long howl rang out. The White Ape appeared from above, shaking out a Green Branch that radiated green light, forming thorns that closed again. Mr. Ying’s demonic claws came within inches of Chaosheng but were halted by the green glow.

Chaosheng pinched his fingers, manifesting a white flower in his hand. Its petals scattered. He gently placed it into Mr. Ying’s demonic claw.

“Here’s a little flower for you,” Chaosheng said.

Flames sprayed from Mr. Ying’s eyes. His demonic claw eroded under the immortal power of Kunlun Endless Vitality, the corruption racing up his arm. Nearly half his body turned to vines and hard wood. Mr. Ying roared in pain and ascended to evade.

Thorns burst from the fingers where Chaosheng had planted the flower, coiling toward his body. Mr. Ying was forcibly dragged back to the ground by Chaosheng’s bold strike. Demonic Qi exploded between them, collapsing the walls.

The White Ape roared and charged toward Chaosheng. This time, to protect his companion, Chaosheng poured out his lifelong Cultivation Base. His hands turned woody as he gathered immortal power. A green beam like a light cannon blasted along the vines. Mr. Ying bellowed in rage and agony.

Mr. Ying flipped his palm, revealing a Wooden Hairpin wreathed in black qi. He hurled it; the hairpin shot toward Chaosheng and nailed into his chest.

“!!!”

Chaosheng stared in disbelief, looking down at his chest. The Wooden Hairpin erupted in black flames that spread across his body.

The ground turned into a massive quicksand pit, like a beast’s maw, dragging Chaosheng down. Half his body sank into the sands, but he was locked in deadlock with Mr. Ying and could not break free.

Just as rolling stones and yellow sands threatened to swallow him, the Giant Ape descended, embracing Chaosheng and shielding him with its chest and abdomen, back exposed. With Mr. Ying’s furious shout, the quicksand pit collapsed entirely, silencing all surrounding sounds.