By the time Xu Mang and the other three returned, the twelve cities of the Jin Dynasty were already in chaos.
The war between the two provinces, which had been fixed for countless years, actually broke out several months earlier this time. Shang Province's army of soul cultivators surged through the Tiantu Straits that spanned millions of miles.
The ghost army in each city was led by a small number of ghost generals and hundreds of thousands of ghost alchemists, commanding tens of millions of ghost fiends and ghost beasts to press towards the Northern Region of the Central Province.
The four General Lords of the Tiantu Army didn't dare to be negligent. The soldiers of the Tiantu Army were on standby, but they didn't dare to act rashly. They could only send out elite scouts to scout the enemy and report to the court to contact the death camps.
As the number one army of the Jin Dynasty, the death camps only obeyed the orders of the emperor. No matter how high the four General Lords' positions were, they could only wait for the emperor's decree before they dared to contact the higher-ups of the death camps.
This was a serious matter, so the Godking ordered the last six battalions of the death camps to be mobilized. The three middle battalions' whereabouts were unknown, while the last three battalions had nine thousand soldiers stationed in each of the twelve major cities.
But what was slightly strange was that Heavenly Trace City wasn't the defensive area with the strictest situation amongst the 12 cities, and the last three battalions of the Death Barracks had three teams of soldiers with seven battalions, five teams of soldiers with eight battalions, and one team of soldiers with nine battalions stationed there.
One had to know that there were only thirty teams in each death camp. Even a blind man could see that the last three battalions were stationed in Tiantu City. But this was the deployment of the death camp, so even the General Lords could only swallow their doubts and dissatisfaction.
Tiantu City.
The area around the teleportation array had been heavily guarded. Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tiantu Army didn't dare to be negligent and stared at the array with bright eyes.
Another twenty high-ranking officers of the Tiantu Army stood solemnly and looked at the array as well.
Rumble!
Rays of milky white light blossomed on the array, and through the light, one could vaguely see countless sinister black armors.
"Those are the armors of the death camps. Even those from the ninth battalions are at least peerless cultivation artifacts!"
"The death camps are finally here!"
"Which battalions are they from?"
In a short moment, a wave of pressure that was like an ocean enveloped the teleportation formation, and then it spread out in all directions. The tens of thousands of soldiers of the Heaven Expansion Army were instantly blown away, and the figures of the 20 plus higher-ups were unsteady while their faces turned pale.
Thunderous footsteps rang out as one black-armored soldier after another walked out of the teleportation array. Their eyes were as deep as the abyss, and their faces were as cold as ice. It was as if even the sky collapsing and the earth collapsing wouldn't be able to change their expressions. Every move they made caused the void to tremble, and every breath they took was like a thunderclap.
"Dan … Dan Tribulation Realm? Seventh camp!"
The higher-ups of the Heaven Expanding Army didn't expect that the first to arrive would actually be the soldiers of the Seventh Battalion. They hurriedly stepped forward and saw the 300 soldiers of the Seventh Battalion turning around and looking at the Teleportation Formation.
Everyone was startled. Could it be that an important person had arrived?
Just then, the teleportation array lit up again, and another group of black-armored soldiers walked out. The one leading them was none other than the 9th Battalion's platoon leader, Wang Hai.
As soon as Wang Hai walked out of the teleportation formation, he saw the three hundred people from the Seventh Battalion. His heart jumped, and he hurriedly ran forward, cupped his fists, and bowed. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the sound of thunder.
"Get lost!"
"Yes!"
Wang Hai was trembling with fear. He didn't hesitate to lead his hundred-man team to the side and looked at the teleportation formation with trepidation. He thought to himself, Looking at the Seventh Battalion's stance, could it be that the true higher-ups of the death camp will appear?
Everyone was frightened by the actions of the Seventh Battalion. A quick-witted higher-up immediately slipped away and went straight for the Heaven Expanding Army's main camp. If the higher-ups of the death camp really came through the teleportation formation, then only the four generals would barely be able to receive them.
Not long after, the teleportation formation lit up for the third time. Before everyone could see clearly, four silhouettes emitting boundless auras flew out. They actually disregarded the rule that no flying was allowed in the city, and they directly jumped onto the divine hou and soared into the sky.
Soon after, the remaining hundreds of people followed suit and chased after the divine hou.
"It's, it's the people of the Eighth Battalion!"
Everyone was stunned. Second Commander Qiu Yong, who had just arrived, knitted his brows and was slightly angered. "Hmph, this Xu Mang is simply audacious. How dare he break the rules of my Heaven Expanding City!"
Before he finished speaking, a loud roar resounded throughout Heaven Expanding City from the divine hou!
"Listen up, Seventh Battalion. Our target is Island A260 of the second ocean ladder of the Heaven Expanding Strait. Advance at full speed!"
Outside the teleportation formation, everyone's eyeballs dropped to the ground.
Did they hear it wrongly?
The people from the Eighth Battalion on the divine hou actually gave an order to the Seventh Battalion?
Didn't they just see a captain of the Ninth Battalion being shouted at like a ball?!
Just when everyone was dumbstruck, another three claps of thunder resounded. This time, even Qiu Yong's expression changed.
"Understood!"
Three hundred men immediately soared into the sky and chased after the divine hou!
Wang Hai and the ninety-nine men behind him all had horrified expressions with bulging eyes. As soldiers of the death camp, they were clearer than outsiders about the difference in ranks between the various battalions.
In front of the Eighth Battalion, the people from the Ninth Battalion were trash that was inferior to pigs and dogs. In front of the Seventh Battalion, the Eighth Battalion was the same.
But the scene before them had completely overturned their understanding.
"Captain, w-what should we do?"
Wang Hai was also shocked when he heard his subordinate's weak voice. That's right, they were supposed to listen to the orders of the Seventh Battalion, but the Seventh Battalion actually listened to the orders of the Eighth Battalion and ran away. Should they stay or leave?
"Go!"
Wang Hai made up his mind. No matter what the orders were, they wouldn't go wrong as long as they followed the Seventh Battalion.
However, they didn't dare to fly in front of Qiu Yong. They could only scamper out of Heaven Tower City and fly towards Island A260 of the second sea ladder of the Heaven Tower Strait.
The Heaven Tower Strait was divided into four major sea ladders, and each one was further divided into four major sea ladders, A, B, C, and D. The islands of each sea ladder had their own unique number, with Island A being the outermost and Island D being the innermost.
The place where Xu Mang's group encountered the Yin Spirit General was Island A260.
When the four approached the second sea ladder, they despaired. They simply couldn't go to where Xie Tian was.
That was because the second sea ladder had already turned into an eternal night. Even if the soldiers of the Seventh Battalion entered, only death awaited them.
"Damn it!"
The pale-faced Tian Shang fiercely hammered the divine hou, his heart aching so much that his entire body trembled.
"I'll kill my way in even if I have to risk my life. Otherwise, I'm not worthy of being called a human!" Xu Mang's voice was filled with sobs.
Even though they knew Xu Mang's words were unrealistic, the three of them didn't object. They also wanted to kill their way in, but what could they do?
Could they save Xie Tian who had been trapped in the eternal night for ten hours?
No.
Even though Xie Tian had performed miracles in front of them time and time again, the current situation was far from something that could be changed by a miracle!
Unless Xie Tian was a real person.
But was Xie Tian a real person?
No.
Even if Xie Tian had a trump card that allowed him to instantly kill Yin Spirit Generals, how many times could he use it to kill all the Yin Spirit Generals?
He couldn't.
Xie Tian might have died. Perhaps, but not perhaps.
"I don't believe he died just like that!"
Tian Shang's tears wouldn't dry no matter how hard he tried. As a direct descendant of a great clan, apart from cultivation, he had been taught to be cold and emotionless. Today, this kind of emotionlessness had been torn to shreds by Xie Tian, revealing a rare but extremely precious sincerity.
"I don't believe it either!"
"I don't believe it!"
Xu Mang and the other three stepped out of the divine hou and faced the eternal night.
"Xie Tian, if you die, the four of us swear that we will use the entire Shang Province as a sacrifice for you!"
The heavens and earth responded to the four sentences, and the soul oath was completed.
Wang Hai had just arrived with his men when he saw the soldiers of the Seventh and Eighth Battalions returning the way they came.
Of course, what stunned him wasn't the strange actions of the Seventh and Eighth Battalions, but the soul oath that had resonated with the heavens and earth.
"A sacrifice for Xie Tian!" Wang Hai murmured in disbelief. "Xie Tian is dead, dead!"
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