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Chapter 259: Chapter 256: The Whole Army Was Wiped Out
"Whoosh!"
Above the sky dome, two Mystic Bird Fighting Machines like sword lights that tore through the heavens, freely soared among the clouds.
An occasional dive and strafing from their cannons could reap the lives of several or even a dozen demons.
And what was attached to the Mystic Bird Fighting Machines was none other than the True Spirit of Gu Jinlai.
Even though the cannons on the Mystic Bird Fighting Machines couldn’t harm the upper-level demons, their astonishing flight speed in such a mass escape drastically increased the efficiency of slaughter compared to if Gu Jinlai himself had taken action.
This massacre lasted for a moment before Gu Jinlai, in the midst of True Spirit Possession, seemed to sense something. He climbed higher, the engine ejecting a dazzling blue flame, streaking past the demon horde, and flying directly towards the great front where the demons were fleeing.
In just a moment, he saw a huge Battle Formation arrayed below, like a rock in a torrent, resisting the onslaught of the demons.
Within it, there were several Primordial Spirit Monarchs and Divinity Transformation Cultivators whose Sword Qi soared to the sky.
Each burst could plow a sword mark dozens of meters long through the demon horde.
Wherever the sword mark passed, all demons were shredded to pieces, with their blood and flesh flying everywhere.
"Is that... Yellow Sky Sect?"
Gu Jinlai "watched" for a moment and quickly identified the identity of these people.
Yellow Sky Sect.
The people of Yellow Sky Sect actually appeared here.
And of the five Primordial Spirit Monarchs, four had come.
There were also several Divinity Transformation Cultivators.
Furthermore, almost without exception, the battle formation of twenty thousand people was made up entirely of elites...
He quickly guessed what was going on.
Yellow Sky Sect was waiting for them, Lingxiao City, and the demons to fight to mutual exhaustion and then leap out to clean up the aftermath.
If the Tianhe demons turned out to be the victors, they wouldn’t mind joining forces to crush the heavily damaged demons, at the very least driving them out of Yellow State and severely weakening the Tianhe demons, ensuring that for the following years they would struggle to stir up any trouble.
If Lingxiao City were the victors...
They would definitely kick them while they were down.
And deal a fatal blow to the greatly weakened Lingxiao City.
After all, if not for the variable that was Gu Jinlai, based on the calculations of Gu Chaoyang, even though Lingxiao City could defeat these demons, the final result would still be nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory.
If Lingxiao City after their bloody victory was then swept over by the imposing Yellow Sky Sect...
Apart from a few people like him, all of Lingxiao City’s trump cards would likely be lost in this great war.
Without these elite forces, and no one under his command, he would no doubt become a commander without troops, and how would he then oppose the more numerous Yellow Sky Sect or defend the lands of Jiangzhou State and Star State? 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
"Heh, since you Yellow Sky Sect are eager to help me fight the demons, I naturally ought to facilitate that."
Gu Jinlai said aloud.
The two Fighting Machine Xuan Nu quickly returned, one on each side, hunting the demons fleeing in both directions and controlling their escape route, forcing them to charge towards the Yellow Sky Sect’s defenses.
Meanwhile, the Demon God Guards also slightly changed their tactics, from causing as much damage to the demons as possible to, under their own protection, driving the demons towards the Tianhe direction as much as possible.
The reason...
Naturally, it’s to prevent the demons from scattering in all directions, making the vicinity of Yuntian City suffer.
Under the control of Gu Jinlai and the Demon God Guards, the two or three hundred thousand demons that escaped the bombardment zone of the Sword Heavy Cannons all swarmed towards the rock formed by the Yellow Sky Sect’s military array.
In the beginning, with the personal intervention of the Divinity Transformation Cultivators and the Primordial Spirit Monarchs against the demon flood of more than eight thousand in number, they were barely able to hold on.
But as the second wave of over ten thousand main force demons arrived, Yellow Sky Sect’s twenty thousand elite gradually became like a solitary boat, a large number of demons breaking into the battle formation, starting to cause casualties.
When the last wave of more than six thousand demons arrived, it was like the last straw that broke the camel’s back, leading to the total collapse of Yellow Sky Sect.
In the end, on the order of Zhang Lingjian, people from Yellow Sky Sect too found themselves embroiled in a great escape and slaughter.
Lingxiao City pursued the demons!
The demons pursued Yellow Sky Sect!
The three forces pulled out a battlefront hundreds of miles long to the north of Yuntian City.
This tug-of-war lasted for more than a day and a night.
Thanks to the obstruction by the Yellow Sky Sect, more than half of the fleeing two or three hundred thousand demons were caught up to and killed by the Demon God Guards.
In the end, the number of demons that managed to escape amounted to at most three or four thousand.
As a price, the Yellow Sky Sect’s Fighting God Army was completely annihilated.
The Qi Refinement, Gang Condensation, and Hugging Pill elites who followed Yellow Sky Sect were almost entirely wiped out, with only those closely related to the Elders and Monarchs managing to break out of the encirclement.
Even the Refining God Immortals and the Divinity Transformation Cultivators lost more than half of their numbers.
Although they had considerable cultivation, they ultimately did not have the flying abilities like the Primordial Spirit Monarchs.
Once they were surrounded by a tidal wave of demons, whether Divinity Transformation or Refining God, they were met with the same fate—a dead end.
The only ones unharmed were those Primordial Spirit Monarchs capable of sword flight.
They didn’t even suffer any sword disrepair or serious Primordial Spirit injuries.
Apart from being greatly depleted, they had no substantial injuries.
And due to the escape of the Yellow Sky Sect, the corpses of the demons they had previously killed naturally became the spoils of war for Lingxiao City. A large amount of the essence blood was refined and sealed into specially made Spiritual Artifacts.
...
Fengye City.
A well-known tourist city in the central part of Yellow Sky Sect.
Named for the red maple that sprawled across the mountains, located at the base of Feng Mountain.
At this moment, the people of Yellow Sky Sect had retreated to this city.
However, compared to the fully equipped army of 20,000 that had set out from Yellow Sky City, those who fled to Fengye City for refuge were in complete disarray.
"How could this happen, how could this happen..."
Yu Fan, who had luckily escaped back to Fengye City, looked at the less than a hundred people in their team and was completely despondent.
A hundred people!
Twenty thousand had left, and only a hundred returned!
No!
It was less than a hundred!
Even though there might still be some disciples alive who simply hadn’t managed to keep up with the troops and escape back to Fengye City, this devastating loss still made Yu Fan feel a suffocating pain.
"It’s over... all is lost... After these two bloody battles, even if we count the Elders who are recuperating in Yellow Sky City, our Yellow Sky Sect only has six Divinity Transformation Cultivators left, and only twenty-three Refining God Immortals..."
Another Elder’s face was also full of pain: "A century’s accumulation, gone in an instant."
"Gu Jinlai! Gu Jinlai!"
The painful voices of the two Elders spurred Zhang Lingjian, the Sect Master of Yellow Sky Sect, into a rage, his voice filled with a hate as fierce as flames: "All of this, it’s all caused by Gu Jinlai and his Lingxiao City!"
"If Lingxiao City hadn’t spread the word everywhere that the Tian Nan Alliance would soon move against the Tianhe Demons, then the Tianhe Demons wouldn’t have attacked us at Yellow Sky Sect first, inflicting two heavy losses on us."
Zhang Taiping’s eyes were filled with blood, his whole body seething with a killing intent: "Nobody fools Yellow Sky Sect. Anyone who schemes against us must pay a bloody price!"
As for the fact that he had originally conspired with the Tianhe Demons, he completely cast it from his mind.
Those who have erred would never admit that they themselves are at fault.
The expression on Tao Changle’s face was similarly gloomy: "Although Yellow Sky Sect has suffered great losses, as long as we few Supreme Elders are here, we will surely rise again!"
He waved his hand fiercely, and Gang Qi shot out, carving a sword mark on the ground: "From now on, our Yellow Sky Sect and Lingxiao City are irreconcilable!"
A cold light shot from Zhao Danqing’s eyes: "Although Lingxiao City has defeated the Tianhe Demons, I don’t believe they haven’t suffered any losses, especially that Champsosaurus King. Maybe Gu Jinlai paid a huge price to kill that Demon King. If we few Primordial Spirit Monarchs attack Yuntian City now, could we..."
His words made both Zhang Taiping and Tao Changle’s eyes light up.
If they could kill Gu Jinlai...
Lingxiao City, which depended solely on his strength, would be headless. Then, Yellow Sky Sect could not only take over Star State but also have a share in Jiangzhou State without difficulty.
"Attacking Yuntian City... I’m afraid this will require further deliberation," spoke up Zhang Lingjian.
"Why must we deliberate at length..."
Zhao Danqing instinctively contradicted.
Then, he saw Zhang Lingjian holding a piece of jade, his expression looking very unpleasant.
"Has there been news from Yuntian City?"
Tao Changle immediately thought of something and inquired, "Didn’t Gu Jinlai suffer a pyrrhic victory against the Champsosaurus King? Is the loss at Lingxiao City not as severe as we speculated?"
"Yes."
Zhang Lingjian had a flash of horror in his eyes, his voice filled with disbelief: "According to the message from there, the 70,000 to 80,000 Tianhe Demons didn’t even make it to the walls of Yuntian City. Lingxiao City, relying on more than a hundred Sword Heavy Cannons, bombarded the demons recklessly, blasting them to pieces..."
"What!? 70,000 to 80,000 Tianhe Demons, defeated without even reaching Tianhe City’s walls?"
"Over a hundred Sword Heavy Cannons! Lingxiao City actually has so many War Spiritual Artifacts!? Even if Lingxiao City had more than a hundred Heavenly Masters creating a hundred Spiritual Artifacts, it would take ten to eight years, right? Even with a non-stop supply of Primordial Spirit Pills, it would take three to four years at least! Over a hundred War Spiritual Artifacts!? How... how is that possible!?"
"Lingxiao City... is actually this terrifying!?"
Zhao Danqing, Tao Changle, and even the Peak Monarch Zhang Taiping couldn’t help but widen their eyes in shock.
"That’s not the scariest part; the scariest thing is..."
Zhang Lingjian’s face showed a hint of dread, even fear: "They’ve already found out clearly over there that what Gu Jinlai used to kill the Champsosaurus King was the Supreme Treasure he obtained from passing through the True Dragon Gate of Aries Star Palace! The Treasure capable of unleashing a Peak Devas Strike!"
"The Supreme Treasure from passing the True Dragon Gate of Aries Star Palace!?"
At that point, the three Venerable Daoist Elders finally changed color.
Zhang Taiping couldn’t help but say, "Didn’t our intelligence from the Purgatory Sect say that it was a one-time use treasure? How can it be used again!?"
His voice contained a slight tremble.
That was...
The hint of fear.
"Possibly..."
Zhang Lingjian opened his mouth, his voice hoarse: "Maybe the Purgatory Sect also got the message wrong."
A Supreme Treasure capable of unleashing a Peak Devas Strike!
A Treasure that could even kill the Champsosaurus King on the spot!
After a while, Zhang Taiping finally said dryly, "The Sect Master is right; this matter... indeed needs to be carefully planned."
"Yes, yes, yes, consider the long-term plan."
Zhao Danqing and Tao Changle both nodded quickly.
The Primordial Spirit Monarchs quickly reached a consensus.
