My Wife Is The Leader Of A Demonic Cult-Chapter 334 - Celestial Beings Banished to the
Chapter 334: Chapter 334: Celestial Beings Banished to the Mortal World
Chapter 334: Chapter 334: Celestial Beings Banished to the Mortal World
“My God! The city has fallen!”
“A single strike broke through Heavenly Water City!”
“He is the Ghost Swordsman, the world’s foremost swordsman!”
“It’s terrifying!”
….
Experts from Great Snow Mountain and Soul Seeker Mansion lost their voices in shock, their lips trembling.
With one sword strike, he not only killed Mu Tong Dharma King but also shattered the soaring, indestructible walls. It was simply beyond human capability.
At this moment, in everyone’s eyes, the Ghost Swordsman before them was no longer a mere mortal swordsman, but a Great Sword Immortal unmatched in this world.
Heavenly Water City had fallen!
“Kill!” “Charge into Heavenly Water City!”
Seeing the crumbling walls, even the Pingyang Guard was momentarily stunned before madly rushing into Heavenly Water City.
An Jing casually sheathed the Evil Suppressing Sword, considering it a trivial matter hardly worth mentioning.
“Kill!”
Qiu Lun led the Pingyang Guard bravely forward.
Ouyang Ping collected all the Heaven and Earth Spirit Essences from Mu Tong Dharma King’s body, saying, “An Tributor, I now possess several Heaven and Earth Spirit Essences. Perhaps this opportunity will allow you to reach the realm of a Five Qi Grandmaster.”
Currently, An Jing, still a Four Qi Grandmaster, was able to contend with Taiyin Kui and Jiang Shang. Once he truly reached the level of a Five Qi Grandmaster, who in the world could stand against him?
An Jing waved his hand and said, “Achieving Five Qi Returning to Origin is no longer just about having enough Heaven and Earth Spirit Essence.”
Five Qi Returning to Origin could lead to a miraculous state where one could observe the internal structure of the human body.
People have a subconscious, so during Five Qi Returning to Origin, one can see a person looking at “me.”
If you delve deeper, you might see a person looking at the middle “me,” someone looking at the lower “me,” a physical “me,” with a shadow lingering in the middle.
Above the shadow are others looking downward. Some are higher, some are lateral, some to the left, some to the right, some in front, and some behind…
Human consciousness has no direction, thus a second, third, fourth “me”… may appear in front, back, to the left, to the right, or above…
If you completely relax, you can reach the realm of Five Qi Returning to Origin.
When the Five Qi are balanced, the Qi mechanism ascends.
However, this is just an initial phase of Five Qi Returning to Origin. After this phase, no more manifestations occur, only a clear awareness remains.
When this clear awareness arises, no matter how many people are speaking at once, you can hear each person’s words clearly.
Therefore, Five Qi Returning to Origin is a boundary where humans transcend towards being an Immortal. This realm is deeply mysterious.
It requires a sudden insight, a moment of profound realization about the mysteries of the human body.
Ouyang Ping nodded and said, “Alright, I will keep these Heaven and Earth Spirit Essences for now, and let the Sect Hierarch decide once we return to the sect.”
Following that, Ouyang Ping also joined the battlefield, storming towards Great Snow Mountain.
With his cultivation, he was undoubtedly like a tiger entering a flock of sheep; none of the Houjin experts could withstand a single move from him.
With the city gates broken, and the Purple Deer Banner leader severely injured, both Soul Seeker Mansion and Great Snow Mountain experts had mostly died at the hands of the Demon Sect’s experts. Naturally, the sixty thousand ordinary soldiers of Houjin could hardly compete with the Pingyang Guard, and within just a few hours, the entire Heavenly Water City had fallen.
As a crucial stronghold of the Northern Wilderness, once Heavenly Water City was taken, the whole Northern Wilderness would be easily accessible.
Further north from the Northern Wilderness lay vast grasslands, flat and open without any natural barriers, allowing direct access to the Houjin Royal Court.
To the south was the Northern Wilderness Road of Great Yan.
Qiu Lun, wiping the blood off his face, said, “Big brother, we can now head south to encircle Jin Lv’s six hundred thousand strong army, or we could directly target the Royal Court. However, the Houjin Royal Court still has a hundred to two hundred thousand troops, making it almost impossible to conquer.”
Although Houjin had suffered losses in several battles, as a nation where everyone was a soldier, raising a new army was still relatively easy as long as they had sufficient supplies.
So, two paths lay before them, supporting the south, which was less risky yet not without benefits, or heading north, where the risks were greater but so were the potential gains.
Conquering the grassland people’s Royal Court was a feat many generals throughout history had dreamt of but never achieved.
Especially now, when they were at a disadvantage against a strong enemy, the possibility of storming the Royal Court was almost negligible.
An Jing faintly smiled and asked, “What do you suggest?”
“Damn it!”
Qiu Lun looked towards the north, curiosity also arising in his heart, and said, “Having come this far north, naturally we’ll follow big brother and take down the Houjin Royal Court.”
Having witnessed An Jing breaking the city with a single strike, he had come to completely believe An Jing’s words.
If An Jing claimed he was a heavenly immortal at that moment, Qiu Lun would believe it without hesitation.
Dust and sand pervaded the air; at that moment, Heavenly Water City lay in ruins, blood and corpses everywhere.
An Jing put away his smile, and his gaze turned profound as he looked into the distance.
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North Field Road, Yuan City.
News from Heavenly Water City spread quickly, and the first place it reached was the Houjin army engaged in a fierce battle on the North Field Road.
In the camp of the Houjin army, the Great Commander, who was leading the attack on the Great Yan, now looked at the battle report in front of him with a face ashen as iron.
Heavenly Water City had fallen?!
Heavenly Water City was a major stronghold of the North Field, a central area connecting North Field Road and the Houjin Royal Court, but now it had been occupied by the Great Yan army.
Where did this force from Great Yan come from?!
The Houjin generals beside him also had grave expressions; they were all too aware of the current situation. Now that their retreat was cut off, they could say they were an isolated force.
Jin Lv took a deep breath and said, “Don’t be afraid, our greatest strength is sustaining war through fighting. After all, it’s just an army of tens of thousands.”
If they were to mobilize a large army to attack the North Field now, it would mean fighting on two fronts and all the blood spilled before might be in vain.
By the side, Mu Xin Dharma King said indifferently, “Since there’s no way back, just keep killing our way into the Yan Capital, Yujing City.”
For him, having no retreat was a godsend opportunity, using this to take the whole of North Field Road in one fell swoop and direct capture Yujing City.
As long as Yujing City falls, the Great Yan Dynasty would be completely destroyed. As for that army of tens of thousands behind them, what waves could they possibly make?
Besides, the idea that just tens of thousands of troops alone could take down the Houjin Royal Court was simply delusional.
At that moment, a Houjin general whispered, “Great Commander, because Zhao Chongyin wants to trouble the Ghost Swordsman, the supplies configured within Yuan City are insufficient. This is an excellent opportunity for us.”
Since ancient times, supplies have always been of utmost importance in warfare.
Jin Lv pondered for a moment while looking at the sand table in front of him, then steeled his heart and forcefully said, “We have no choice but to go all out and take Yuan City at all costs.”
“I want Yuan City taken at full force! Cease fighting after three days.”
The surrounding Houjin generals all clenched their fists, each becoming incredibly excited.
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Upon the battlements of Yuan City, with the Houjin army approaching, a great battle was imminent, and numerous Great Yan soldiers were vigilantly on guard.
Just then, a dense shadow swept over from the distant horizon.
Some Great Yan soldiers caught sight of the approaching dark shadow and couldn’t help but exclaim, “It’s our people from Great Yan.”
The surrounding soldiers all looked over, their spirits greatly uplifted.
For the mass that was flocking towards them, dense and dark, were indeed the displaced people of Great Yan.
“Don’t move!”
Li Qirong walked over and shouted.
With the Houjin army not far away, the fact that these displaced individuals were rushing toward Yuan City seemed somewhat illogical.
Soon, these displaced individuals rushed to the base of Yuan City’s walls.
Disheveled and dirty, they cried and howled at the battlements, seemingly begging for the drawbridge to be lowered to let them in.
Wang Ningshui hurriedly said, “Master Li, these are undoubtedly citizens of Yan Country, please open the gates and let them in.”
By his side, Dai Danshu furrowed his brows, seemingly wanting to say something.
“No, what if Houjin cavalry launched a surprise attack at this moment?”
Li Qirong coldly refused, “Besides, what if these people are Houjin experts in disguise? If Yuan City falls because of this, wouldn’t that lead to even more deaths?”
Wang Ningshui opened his mouth, then sighed.
After all, what Li Qirong said made sense: a small act of kindness now could lead to a greater disaster.
“Boom!” “Boom!”
Suddenly, the ground shook violently, and smoke billowed from afar. The Houjin battle flags were the first to come into view.
“Not good, the Houjin army is attacking!” shouted the Great Yan soldiers.
Seeing this, the displaced people of Great Yan became even more panicked, even rushing towards the moat, but the drawbridge had already been pulled up. Unprepared with river-crossing equipment, the front hundreds of people couldn’t stop, pushed by the crowd behind into the river.
The Houjin vanguard drew bows and loosed arrows, launching an arrow storm at the refugees and the city walls.
After two volleys of arrows, the ten-foot-wide moat was packed with drowned displaced individuals, struggling like drowning ants, and gradually sinking, lifeless.
Some experts from the Five Lakes and Four Seas Hall, having never been exposed to such a hellish scene, felt their eyes split and their throats seized. After watching for a moment, many were overwhelmed with grief, forced to close their eyes and weep, soon their faces streaked with tears.
For a moment, the air was filled with the cries of arrows and heartrending wails. The mournful cries of tens of thousands of displaced people struck directly at the hearts of the people of Great Yan, shaking their spirits deeply.
Suddenly, the ten-breadth and several-breath deep moat was filled in an instant by thousands of drowning displaced individuals. The turbulent crowd trampled over thousands of heads and swarmed to the base of the city walls.
Seeing this, Li Qirong coolly ordered, “Archers, shoot.”
At the same time, the Houjin army charged forward, their archers targeting the Great Yan soldiers on the city walls.
In a moment, arrows flew back and forth between the two sides, harvesting precious lives.
In just a few moments, corpses were piled several feet thick beneath the city walls, with soldiers occasionally falling from above. Soon, the Houjin forces gained momentum and even managed to suppress Yujing City’s arrow fire.
After gaining the upper hand, Houjin began to assault the city using siege ladders and grappling hooks.
“Li Qirong, this is wonderful news!”
Just then, Wang Shiyi hurried over.
Seeing Wang Shiyi, Li Qirong exclaimed in surprise, “General Wang, why have you come here? It’s not safe.”
You should know that Mu Xin Dharma King was still among the army. If he were to suddenly make a move, Wang Shiyi would definitely be in danger. He was the commander of Yuan City, and if anything happened to him, Yuan City would be in jeopardy.
Holding a victory report, Wang Shiyi laughed heartily, “Did you know? The Ghost Swordsman and Qiu Lun have taken North Field.”
Li Qirong was startled. “They took North Field?”
He well understood how crucial North Field was, but how the Ghost Swordsman and Qiu Lun had managed to take it was beyond him, filling his head briefly with speculation.
Wang Shiyi sighed emotionally, “With North Field in the hands of Great Yan, Jin Lv will just be an isolated force. As long as we hold Yuan City, the Houjin forces will eventually fall apart by themselves. I was narrow-minded before.”
Li Qirong took a deep breath and said, “Currently, there are only about one hundred thousand soldiers within the city, facing five hundred thousand Houjin soldiers outside. Holding the city will be extremely difficult.”
Largely because of Great Snow Mountain and Soul Seeker Mansion’s help, Great Yan had been forced to retreat step by step in the battle at Northern Wilderness Road, losing many from their hundreds of thousands strong army.
Wang Shiyi, gripping a long spear, declared powerfully, “We must hold it, even if it costs us our lives, we must protect Yuan City.”
Arrows showered down like locusts below the city, falling chaotically as if in a rain of arrows, with continuous injuries from the arrows at the city’s edge.
For a moment, Wang Shiyi’s expression was fraught with turmoil; he gripped a stone pillar of the city tower tightly, his hands forcefully causing stone dust to scatter down.
Just then, a siege ladder reached up to him, and with a slap of his hands, Wang Shiyi broke the lengthy ladder from the middle, sending Houjin soldiers who had not yet reached the halfway mark plummeting down, quickly swallowed by the surge of troops.
Alas, with hundreds of siege ladders and grappling hooks, and arrows and long spears raining down from the Houjin forces below like rain, the attackers surged forwards chaotically towards the soldiers at the top of the city. Although equipped with blades and arms, the soldiers at the top were outnumbered and struggling to hold back the tide.
The city’s soldiers, desperately enduring for half an hour, saw several breaches made by the overwhelming force of the Houjin army, who climbed up and drew their long blades from their backs to slaughter indiscriminately. The city ramparts turned chaotic like a disturbed ants’ nest, almost losing control.
At this moment, all four gates of Yuan City were under fierce assault from Houjin forces.
With every passing moment, lives were brutally lost, and the blood pooled together, forming almost a river.
No one would have known that a shockingly fierce siege battle was about to commence at Yuan City.
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On East Lin Road, on the official road.
Summer was fast approaching, and the air had begun to heat up.
At the teahouse, the number of folks from Jianghu had dwindled considerably, with a few gathered around discussing the current battle situations in both the northern and southern parts of Great Yan.
“The Southern Barbarians have sent troops, now our Great Yan is truly in a dire plight.”
“This is a matter of life and death for Great Yan.”
“Those Southern Barbarians are extremely cunning; now with the southern battlefront strained and the north continuously retreating, if the Southern Barbarians attack now, it would be a catastrophe for current Great Yan.”
“Could Great Yan really be doomed?”
“If it comes to it, we’ll fight them head-on!”
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The voices of debate were filled with sighs, even carrying a hint of despair.
Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of their country; in times of national and familial ruin, no one can avoid their duty.
“Victory in North Field! Urgent news from eight hundred li!” a mounted soldier of Great Yan shouted loudly.
The horse, which seemed to have been running day and night for a long time, finally couldn’t hold on any longer and collapsed heavily onto the ground.
The quick-reacting soldier of Great Yan immediately leapt off the horse’s back, looking very anxious as he saw the fallen horse.
“Victory in North Field!?”
Hearing this, the crowd exchanged glances, some feeling familiar with this place, while others seemed to hear of it for the first time.
“Isn’t North Field a key town for Houjin?” a merchant exclaimed in shock. “Could it be that Wang Shiyi has counterattacked up to North Field?”
Wasn’t the northern battlefront losing?
The inn’s waiter, curious, asked, “What victory exactly, officer?”
The soldier of Great Yan briefly described the great victory, then anxiously looked at the merchant’s horse.
The crowd around was shocked; no one expected that in this critical moment, the Demon Sect’s Ghost Swordsman, leading the Pingyang Guard, had penetrated deep into Houjin territory.
The merchant quickly handed over the reins of his horse to the soldier, saying, “Quick, send this news back to the capital.”
“Thank you.”
The soldier of Great Yan didn’t hesitate to mount the fast horse and immediately sped towards the direction of Yujing City.
The inn’s waiter murmured, “To think we have struck into Houjin’s North Field, truly bolstering the prestige of our Great Yan.”
“This is not just about enhancing the prestige of Great Yan; it’s practically changing the situation of the northern battlefield. The Holy Master of Houjin probably can’t even sleep now,”
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the merchant said tremblingly, “The Ghost Swordsman, An Jing, is truly the world’s first swordsman. With a single stroke, he breached the walls of Heavenly Water City. He truly is a Sword Immortal descended from the heavens.”
Someone slammed the table and stood up, exclaiming, “With such an unparalleled Sword Immortal, why should Great Yan worry about not being able to stop the Houjin barbarians?”
A city broken by one sword!
What a grand style this is, merely thinking about it gives one goosebumps.
Everyone present was extremely excited.
In the distance, an old man, his heart hanging in suspense, also slightly relaxed, and a smile inadvertently appeared at the corner of his mouth.
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An Jing led tens of thousands of troops into North Field. As the army rested, news of this event spread far and wide, causing a sensation all over. At a time when Great Yan was continuously facing defeat against the Houjin forces and the Beihuang Dao seemed on the brink of being lost, the appearance of the Ghost Swordsman with divine troops captured the critical town of North Field and pointed directly at the royal court of Houjin.
This news undoubtedly thrilled the people of Great Yan, greatly boosting the morale of everyone in Yan Country.
Moreover, it had tremendous strategic significance for the northern battles, and at this moment, everyone saw a turning point in the northern conflict.
Suddenly, the Ghost Swordsman became very famous in Great Yan; his name was even widely known among the common folk.
However, news soon broke out that the guardian god of the great steppes, Taiyin Kui, was slain by the Ghost Swordsman in North Field.
This caused the entire world to be shaken to its core, from the courts of various countries down to the common street vendors, all were stupendously shocked.
Taiyin Kui, the guardian god of the great steppes and a famous Five Qi Grandmaster, if it wasn’t for Zhao Zhiwu who, aided by the thoughts of the Earth Vein Spirit, reached the Great Grandmaster realm, then there would be no Great Grandmasters in this world, and the highest level would be those of the Five Qi Grandmasters.
Each Five Qi Grandmaster was a pinnacle expert in the world, but now, a Five Qi Grandmaster of Houjin, Taiyin Kui, had been killed by An Jing, making the war between Houjin and Great Yan carry a different weight now.
The name of the Ghost Swordsman even spread to Zhao Country and the land of the Southern Barbarians, his fame this time ringing louder and more shockingly, for he had slain a Five Qi Grandmaster.
Great Yan was indeed in national celebration, while Houjin was wailing in loss.
Royal Court of Houjin.
Zongzheng Huachun walked out from his quiet room, looking at Zongzheng Yue who had a pale face kneeling on the ground.
“Father,”
Zongzheng Huachun took a deep breath, “Is Taiyin Kui truly dead?”
Zongzheng Yue bowed his head, “According to the intelligence, the land of the Qin Emperor’s Mausoleum has collapsed, prodigious phenomena have occurred there, Fengdu has appeared, and Taiyin Kui’s remains were not found. However, our Houjin spies discovered that Jiang Shang has disappeared in the territory of the Snow Mountain tribe.”
Upon hearing this, Zongzheng Huachun was silent for a while before saying, “The Ghost Swordsman truly has the strength to slay a Five Qi Grandmaster.”
He started feeling uneasy. The last time he felt this way was when Jun Qinglin stormed into the great steppes to kill him.
At that time, Jun Qinglin already possessed the cultivation of a Five Qi Grandmaster, and after Separating Heaven and Earth, without the constraints of heaven and earth, his strength was extremely fearsome. If not for the Great Dharma King, Taiyin Kui, and himself joining hands, he might really have struggled to survive.
Latter, he also avenged the great vengeance and cut off Jun Qinglin’s last breath.
But now, the Ghost Swordsman once again made him feel that unease.
The Ghost Swordsman had grown too quickly. Last time in Yujing City, he was no match for Taiyin Kui and had only narrowly defeated Taiyin Kui by using some unknown secret technique. Now, he killed Taiyin Kui outright.
He led an army that had already taken over Heavenly Water City in North Field. Although his army was not large, merely tens of thousands, it seemed utterly impossible for them to pose a threat to the royal court of Houjin.
But Zongzheng Huachun still felt threatened, as if a ferocious tiger was baring its teeth at him, ready to swallow him whole with just one bite.
Zongzheng Huachun took a deep breath and said, “He is definitely coming.”
Zongzheng Huachun had not had much contact with An Jing, but he knew An Jing would definitely come, because the corpse of Jun Qinglin was still in the royal court of Houjin.
Zongzheng Yue, with a slight frown, puzzled, “With 200,000 elite forces of Houjin and Father presiding, isn’t he seeking death coming here?”
“If you study his life, you can see his style of doing things. The Ghost Swordsman must be eager to storm into the royal court and kill me now. Rather than waiting to strike, I prefer to take the initiative,”
Zongzheng Huachun said coolly. “I guess the Ghost Swordsman wouldn’t expect me to launch a lightning strike first.”
Zongzheng Yue, shocked, stood up straight, “Father wishes to take action personally?”
Zongzheng Huachun, originally possessing extreme strength with deep Heavenly Human Communication and further enhanced by absorbing a thread of the Earth Vein Spirit’s thought, was incomparably powerful, absolutely the strongest with Five Qi Grandmaster cultivation below a Great Grandmaster. In the eyes of Zongzheng Yue, unless the Ghost Swordsman reached the level of a Great Grandmaster, he would definitely not be Zongzheng Huachun’s opponent.
Zongzheng Huachun pondered for a long while, a flicker of sharp light in his eyes, “To be absolutely safe, I need to invite two more people.”
This time, he must kill the Ghost Swordsman, there absolutely must be no room for escape.
Releasing the tiger back into the mountain spells endless trouble,
especially when it’s a fierce tiger!
Zongzheng Yue curiously asked, “Father, who are these two people?”
Those who have the strength and the courage to besiege a high-level swordsman like the Ghost Swordsman are basically few and far between.
After all, the Ghost Swordsman has been journeying through slaughter, his hands drenched in countless blood, establishing his formidable name as a Great Sword Immortal.
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