Even though the battle was initially planned to be tomorrow, everyone knew that tomorrow was just a prediction. The battle of Chongliao was like a cannon that had already ignited its line of fire, ready to explode at any time.
Therefore, no one was surprised when Gu Mang called for the army to gather. In fact, some people had already felt that they had arrived at the drill ground the moment they saw the strange light.
They all knew that they would not be able to sleep tonight. The first battle would be tonight. If they could kill Bloodsucking Scourge at the beginning of its rebirth, then the Chongliao army would naturally retreat. If they could not …
"There is no impossible."
— This was what their commander, Gu Mang, said. When he said this, there was no hint of an order, but a promise. He was not that tall. The hardships of the past had already caused him to be too thin. However, the way he fluttered his hood was still full of energy. He said to them:
"I have stood in this position before. I have risked my life with my brothers. I have participated in battles of all sizes thirty-nine times. This is the fortieth time. "
"Before every battle, I would give you the same promise. I said — I will bring you home. I have kept this promise thirty-eight times. The last time was at Feng Ming Mountain. I broke my promise, I violated it, I did not do it. There were seventy thousand people who were left behind at Feng Ming Mountain by me. I even set up a monument for them. I took so long to f * cking talk to Jun Shang. "
When Gu Mang said this, he clasped his hands behind his back. He was full of energy. He tried his best to carry the carefreeness and straightforwardness of the past.
However, Mo Xi stood beside him. The Murong Lian stood beside him. They all looked at him with tears in their eyes.
Gu Mang's eyes were so bright. He said: "I have kept my promise thirty-eight times, and failed to keep my promise once. Today is the fortieth time. If you believe me, come with me. Listen to my orders. Go and fight that little puppy that was just born. Then — I will bring you home! "
I will bring you home.
Together with the seventy thousand dead souls.
Together with the peace of eternity.
As long as you are willing to believe me one more time, I, Gu Mang, will fulfill my promise no matter if I am dead or alive. I am worthy of you calling me 'Commander Gu' today.
I'm taking you home.
The soldiers below did not speak. Their faces were raised, silently and solemnly looking at their master of the Northern Frontier Army, their warrior of the empire, their commander who was covered in scars.
Suddenly, the armor glowed, and the halberd fell to the ground. The vigorous sound seemed to come from the depths of the belly, reverberating between heaven and earth from thousands of chest cavities.
"Live and die together!"
Like waves of snow, it spread throughout the land of the Nine Prefectures.
"Life and death …"
When Mo Xi was young, because of the teachings he had received since he was a child, he had thought that it would be impossible for a country to exist without a ruler.
However, at this time, the Chong Hua had lost its Murong Star, but it also condensed into one place like never before. The calamity was like a dagger, making people feel the pain of their flesh being peeled off, but it could also awaken many people who previously insisted on sleeping, allowing people to see the hearts around them that previously did not know good and evil.
The soldiers were awe-inspiring, shining armor and scales. They were on the move. Riding on swords, spirit horses rose from the ground, carrying their masters. These cultivators were like stars converging into a galaxy. The more they gathered, the wider they became, rushing towards the distant suburbs.
Suddenly, the Murong Lian made a low sound of surprise and said, "What's going on down there?"
Gu Mang looked down and saw that the gates of Chong Hua City were wide open. Under the command of their Imperial Sword Army, countless bamboo warriors and strange beasts galloped through the dust, following closely behind the main army as they charged towards the final battle.
It was Yue Chenqing!
There were also many cultivators, nobles, and civilians who did not join the army in the Chong Hua … At this moment, under the command of the people in the city, they rushed out of the city and rushed towards the military camp of the Liao Kingdom.
Gu Mang was stunned, looking down at the spectacle he had never seen before. There was no division between the North and the South, no distinction between the poor and the poor. They converged together and rushed towards the enemy.
He murmured, "I was wrong."
The Murong Lian, "What?"
"This time, they don't need me to take them home." Gu Mang said, his eyes slightly red, "Because this is our home." After he finished speaking, he looked at the bank of the Darling River, which was neither far nor near. There was the biggest barrier protecting the capital of the Chong Hua – the capital enchantment. Behind the transparent enchantment, there were hundreds of thousands of demonic cultivators of the Liao Kingdom, as well as the Blood Demon Evil Beast that was about to be reborn.
Gu Mang put his fingers together and accelerated the speed of his sword, rushing towards the decisive battle river.
In the night, they could see the Blood Demon Rebirth Magic Array of the Liao Kingdom more and more clearly. At the other end of the Darling River, it was absorbing the life of the sacrifices, and at the same time, it was bursting with more and more intense light. In the center of the magic array, there was already a huge translucent phantom, as tall as a mountain peak. It was the reborn Blood Demon Evil Beast.
Gu Mang hovered at the edge of the capital enchantment, his clothes fluttering, looking up at the embryonic form of the giant beast. At this moment, he felt a pain in the side of his head, and the phantom of Chen Tang from a hundred years ago flashed in front of his eyes again.
Hundreds of years ago, it was the same battle of life and death as today. It was also by the river, on the riverside.
Chen Tang frowned and stared coldly at Hua Poan, "You have gone too far. How can I tolerate you?"
Gu Mang closed his eyes because of the pain in the side of his head, but this time was different from the previous times. He, who had recovered all of his memories and consciousness, knew very well why he could see Chen Tang's figure from a hundred years ago.
The root of this connection was five years ago, when he was ordered to enter the Liao Kingdom to investigate the secrets of the Black Demons of the Liao Kingdom, especially the secret techniques related to the Blood Demon Evil Beast. He spent a long time and finally gained the trust of the highest guard of the Blood Demon Evil Beast, and established a personal relationship with him.
During that time, he often went to check on the remaining essence of the Blood Demon Evil Beast. Although at that time, the Blood Demon Evil Beast was still an incomplete silver mist, and its soul, power, and memories were all incomplete, Gu Mang could still feel its powerful and evil soul power.
"Hehe, Brother Gu, look, these years, my kingdom has been trying to reawaken it. As long as it recovers, the entire Jiuzhou will be firmly in the palm of the Great Liao Kingdom!"
Gu Mang stared at the cloud of silver mist and smiled without batting an eyelid. "Yes."
The guard was right. If the Blood Demon Evil Beast was allowed to return to heaven and earth, it would inevitably be a great catastrophe. Even if the twenty-seven Cultivation Kingdoms united to fight against it in the end, there would be thousands of sacrifices.
At that time, he had not fully explored the true intentions of his Lord, but he had vaguely felt that a terrifying killing machine like the Blood Demon Evil Beast, no matter which kingdom or individual it belonged to, was extremely dangerous. He could temporarily trust his Lord and help him to seize the power of the Blood Demon Evil Beast, but he would not so easily give this power to Murong Chen.
Even when he first saw the silver mist of the Blood Demon Evil Beast in the secret chamber of the Great Liao Kingdom, he had been thinking whether there was a better way to ensure that things were foolproof.
Even if one day, the Blood Demon Evil Beast really returned to the world, whether it was resurrected by the Great Liao Kingdom and was loyal to the Great Liao Kingdom, or copied by the Chong Hua and was loyal to the Chong Hua, he would have a way to end it with the least sacrifice.
This was the most comprehensive way.
During the days and nights of the Great Liao Kingdom, Gu Mang made a lot of assumptions and speculations.
In the end, there was only one way left for him:
Unity.
In fact, it was not that complicated, and it was not that great of a spell. Speaking of which, the purpose of his initial research and creation of this spell was very naive.
He once had a beautiful illusion. Even if he knew that the road ahead was bleak, he still hoped that he could spend the rest of his life with his Junior Brother. Just like what they joked about in the first half of the story, they would have a home, raise a few cats and dogs, and plant a peach tree in the courtyard. They would retire together, grow old together, and die together.
Although he knew that it was impossible, Gu Mang could not help but secretly create this Unity Spell. Once this spell was cast, he would be able to share his will with Mo Xi. As long as they were willing, they would be able to see each other's past, share each other's memories, emotions, wishes … and even life.
It was a spell that required unlimited trust and intimacy from both parties. It was so ideal that it was almost absurd.
Gu Mang originally thought that he would never need to use it. He was just playing around and hoping that he could entrust some of his beautiful illusions to it.
But when he stood in front of the Blood Demon Evil Beast's spiritual body, he suddenly understood —
It turned out that fate had long decided that the Unity Spell's destination was not for companionship, but for parting.
In the end, when the Blood Demon Evil Beast was weak, he secretly cast this spell into its spiritual body. The moment he performed the Heart of Unity, he felt an extremely demonic current surging into his blood vessels. The Black Magic Curse in his bones was stirred up by the Bloodsucking Scourge, and a large amount of Devil Qi surged into his body.
That was the dirty life of the Blood Demon Evil Beast.
Countless sacrifices, butterfly bones, beauty seats, and the lives of ordinary people were used to create the evil beast's soul — it coexisted in his body.
At that moment, he seemed to have become it. He saw how it was refined by Hua Po An. A hundred years ago, the canyon was used as a furnace, lightning was used as a fire, and tens of thousands of living people were used as livestock. Finally, this extremely ferocious and strange beast was refined.
Its roar suppressed the clouds.
He was it, and it was him.
With the eyes of the Blood Demon Evil Beast, he saw all kinds of past. He saw Hua Po An standing in front of the Demon Refining Peak, and saw the gloomy and demonic face from a hundred years ago.
— —
"The king of Chong Hua treated me as a slave, and promoted the Murong family as nobles. How ridiculous!"
Hua Po An had once muttered to the embryonic Bloodsucking Scourge, pouring all of his hatred into it.
"Ever since I was sensible, I felt extremely curious. Why was I a lowly creature that served others, and some people were born rich? Those old men told me that this was fate, and that my life was destined to be like this. "
"But is my life really destined to be like this? I am more hardworking than those nobles, and I am more talented than all of them. What kind of fate is this? Isn't it strange? "
Hua Po An's face was so twisted.
Only such hatred could nurture such a vicious beast.
He said to the Blood Demon Evil Beast that was still in the womb, "Jingchen, do you know … in those years when I was a slave, I read books in the Chong Hua Academy, and dug out the roots of this country bit by bit. I wanted to know why those with the surname Murong were nobles, and we were servants … I really found the reason, but that reason made me extremely angry!"
"It turned out that when the Chong Hua was first established, the original two brothers were generals, and led their troops to suppress the foreign countries, and built this country. They reduced the people of the foreign countries who refused to surrender to slavery, and took away their right to cultivate, so that these people would not revolt in the future and overthrow the country they built. "
"But the killing did not end. A mountain cannot have two tigers. After a short period of peace, the brothers who had lived and died together in the past fell into a deadlock over who should take over the country. In an internal struggle, everyone tried to outwit each other, and in the end, the elder brother made a mistake and became a defeated general. Thus, his younger brother cut off all his ties, and his descendants were made into the most lowly slaves. Their spiritual nuclei were destroyed, and they were branded with a slave seal, never to rise again. "
"I am the descendant of that branch of descendants — — very unwilling, isn't it?"
He sneered. "The blood that flows in my body is the same as that of the Murong clan, but because of the defeat of one person, one person's selfishness, and the struggle between two people, I was reduced to not even knowing my own name." Hua Po An said eerily. "If it were you, would you be able to remain calm?"
The Blood Demon Evil Beast Jingchen burst into a flame in the furnace, as if it was answering his question. The flame illuminated Hua Po An's eyes even brighter.
It seemed like the world was about to be destroyed in those crazy eyes.
"I was never willing to live like this. So, even when the spiritual nuclei went berserk, I calculated it. I calculated that Chen Tang, that laughable person, was soft-hearted, and would definitely not have the heart to kill me. He would even see that I was well-behaved and pitiful, and plead for me with Jun Shang to make an exception and become a cultivator. "
The flame of Smelt Demon Mountain was like the tongue of a malicious spirit, leaping out from hell and dancing wildly, reflecting Hua Po An's face — — desire, hatred, ambition … — —
Gu Mang saw that this was the Blood Demon's first impression of the world, the impression that Hua Po An had given him.
"Jingchen, I smelt you so that you can take back the Chong Hua for me."
"I can also be the ruler of this country!"
It was an evil beast forged from hatred and desire. The flesh of the dead became its flesh, and Hua Po An's ambition became its ambition. Now, it shared its evil with Gu Mang. Gu Mang was almost pressed into the abyss of hell by the horrifying blood.
Gu Mang was extremely disgusted.
But he still insisted on sharing his heart with it.
Just for …
The bugle horn sounded, and the war drums thundered. Gu Mang turned around and looked at Chong Hua's vast army, his brothers and fellow soldiers, those who had gone through life and death with him, those whom he had promised to bring home, those who called him Marshal Gu.
Sparks of fire were flying around the battlefield that was about to ignite. His heart was surging with a secret that no one knew — of course he could win, of course he could win.
In this world, no one knew Bloodsucking Scourge better than him.
Even Hua Po An himself was only its master, and not a soul that shared the same life as it.
"Imperial Cultivators, reinforce the Imperial Capital's enchantment on the left and right wings. Healers of each team will be the eye of the formation. Pegasus Battalion will head to the Blazing Legion's North Battalion and disrupt their formation. Northern Frontier Army, follow me."
"Yes!"
Gu Mang narrowed his eyes and looked down at the Blazing Army camp.
Separated by a vast river and an enchantment that connected heaven and earth, the two armies of Blazing Legion were confronting each other. Blazing Legion had already prepared for Chong Hua's attack at any time, so they were not slow in assembling. Gu Mang looked at the armor that looked like fish scales jumping up and down. He knew that once the army passed through this barrier, the battle would begin.
He took a deep breath and ordered under the bright moon, "Pass through the enchantment!"
"Yes!!"
With this order, Chong Hua's cultivators swooped down from the sky like hunting birds that covered the sky. The moment they passed through the enchantment, the attacking cultivators on the other side shot out black magic curses like a rain of arrows. Countless tamed black magic beasts were released from the beast taming camp. Corpse dogs with black wings and demon falcons with venom on their beaks charged toward Chong Hua's cultivators like arrows.
On the ground, the Bamboo Warriors led by Yue Chenqing were like a herd of migrating horses on the grassland. They crossed the surging moat and rushed toward Blazing Legion's camp on the other side of the river.
Chong Hua's vanguard army was like a sharp knife that was thrown toward Blazing Legion's shield. Sparks flew when the knife and shield collided and pierced into the core of Blazing Legion. Then, spears shot out from behind the shield. It was the counterattack of Blazing Legion's cultivators. Roars shook the sky, and blood and fire flew everywhere.
"Kill-!"
It was as if countless shooting stars had fallen to the ground and fireworks had lit up the world. It was clearly such a cruel battle, but under the illumination of the velvety night, it actually gave rise to a magnificent and dazzling magnificence.
Soon, the corpses dyed the riverbank red. Gu Mang killed a demon bird that was flying toward him with a bayonet and said sternly, "Don't stay here. Follow me to the Bloodsucking Scourge's smelting ground!"
Beside the smelting ground of Bloodsucking Scourge, there was a huge sacrificial cage. Inside the cage, there were butterfly-bone beauties captured and raised by Blazing Legion over the years. They were escorted by Blazing Legion one by one to the furnace in the center. They were forced to throw iron ores, marble stones, and other lifeless things into the furnace to become the source of power for Bloodsucking Scourge's rebirth.
"Boohoo … Mother …"
"I don't want to die … I don't want to die …"
These people were crying and wailing, but Liao Ren was not moved by their pleas. They had already seen the embryonic form of the Bloodsucking Scourge, and they knew what kind of evil beast it would be that could change the world. They yelled, pushed, and urged these living people, who still had a part of the Ancient Devil Blood in their bodies, into the furnace.
A beautiful woman saw that it was almost her turn. Big drops of tears came out of her eyes. Because of her bloodline, her tears were golden. This was also the reason why the Burning Country hunted for beauties all these years. She had demon blood in her body and golden tears in her eyes.
"Please let me go!" She suddenly broke down and grabbed one of Blazing Legion, "I'm pregnant. I want my child to live … Please … Please …"
Blazing Legion laughed in response, "It's better if you're pregnant! The demonic aura of a pregnant woman was even stronger! Hahahaha!!! "
The woman's eyes were filled with tears. When she was in despair, a blue light suddenly shot down from the sky. A powerful enchantment rose from the ground and covered the remaining beauties. The woman was surprised and happy. She looked up and saw a group of Chong Hua cultivators flying over on their swords. The leader was wearing silver armor and black boots. His eyes were blue, and the red tassels on his hood were fluttering.
The blue-gold ribbon that represented the blood of heroes was neatly worn under his forehead. He was Gu Mang, the son of Wangshu and the commander of the Northern Frontier Army.
Beside him was the Lord Xi He, Mo Xi, who was wearing a black robe with golden edges, and the Lord Wangshu, a Murong Lian, who was wearing a blue robe with golden edges and had a frivolous look on his face.
"It's disgusting to use living people to refine demon beasts." The Murong Lian clicked his tongue, "He's even more despicable than me. I'm impressed."
Mo Xi summoned the Soaring Serpent, which flew into the sky and coiled around the Black Demon Cage that trapped these human sacrifices. Then, it suddenly shattered into pieces!
"Run." He looked down and said to the human sacrifices who were shocked and confused.
The human sacrifices were stunned for a long time. Then, they suddenly reacted and began to move anxiously like a school of fish in a pond. Some of them put their hands together and kowtowed to the heavens and the earth, wailing loudly. Mo Xi ordered a group of imperial guards to escort them to a safe place. For a moment, these people could be heard crying and snot, "Thank you … Thank you, Lord Immortal …"
The pregnant beauty kept bowing. She was urged to leave by Zhonghua Imperial Guard Xiu. With tears in her eyes, she turned around to look at them one more time before turning around to leave.
However, just as Gu Mang was about to suppress the Blazing Army with his overwhelming power and release the human sacrifice, he suddenly heard a mournful tune in the sky.
Gu Mang was the first to react to this sound. He was shocked when he heard it and suddenly looked up, "Storm?!"
In the distance, a half-transparent figure was approaching. He was also standing in the sky on a sword.
That person was wearing a white robe that was slightly open. In his hand, he held a rusty bronze divine weapon that was fluttering in the wind. He raised his head, revealing a handsome face. His black eyes were sparkling, and his smile was wild and arrogant.
This time, even Mo Xi and the Murong Lian were stunned.
"Gu Mang?!!!"
The half-transparent figure standing on the sword was actually Gu Mang!! And it was the young, valiant Gu Mang who had not been tempered by the Black Demon!
"What, what's going on?" The Murong Lian was shocked.
However, Mo Xi immediately understood after being stunned for a moment. His eyes were slightly red. He stared at the figure of his old friend and said in a low voice, "The Nine-eyed Zither …"
"What?"
"The Nine-eyed Zither of the State Preceptor of Liao," Mo Xi said, "There are nine eyes hidden in the zither. Each eye is the power of a cultivator." As he spoke, his fingertips trembled slightly and sank into his palms.
His voice was almost inaudible because of the heavy hatred, "This one is made from the Chong Hua technique that was stripped from Gu Mang."
The Murong Lian, "!!!"
He turned his head to look at Gu Mang, but Gu Mang did not have much of an expression. It was as if "stripping" two bodies filled with blood and pain meant that the pain of having their skin and bones cut open and their spirit energy forcibly extracted had nothing to do with him. Gu Mang just stared at the half-transparent "himself" who could use the Chong Hua technique and summon the Divine Martial Storm.
After a while, he said calmly, "It seems that the State Preceptor can no longer sit still even though he is secretly controlling the rebirth ceremony of the Bloodsucking Scourge. He actually sent me to deal with myself."
"…"
"I think I'm quite handsome."
"…" The Murong Lian said, "You're just so-so. You're just a little worse than me."
Gu Mang smiled. Just as he was about to say something, he saw "himself" raising the Suona again and pressing his fingertips on the Suona's eyes. Gu Mang could not be more familiar with that posture. He immediately raised his eyebrows and shouted,
"Activate the Sound Barrier!"
The cultivators behind him followed his order. However, not all of them were as fast as Gu Mang. Before the arrays were activated halfway, "Gu Mang" had already played the song.
"Ahh-!"
Although the sound of the Suona was weak, it pierced through the clouds and instantly swept through the entire army. Those who didn't have time to activate the barrier screamed and fell from their flying swords onto the ground. Some of them bled from their orifices due to the Divine Martial Storm, and some of them fainted after a while.
Gu Mang cursed in his mind. Although he had recovered his spiritual senses, he couldn't use his spiritual power. He could only summon the demonic dagger. However, although the dagger was powerful in one-on-one combat, it was no match for the sound of the storm in the army.
The situation instantly turned chaotic. At this moment, the demonic cultivators of Liao Nation who had been suppressed by the Divine Martial Storm suddenly counterattacked, and the situation of the battle was immediately reversed.
Some of the cultivators of Liao Nation caught up with the Human Sacrifice at the back of the army. They grabbed the screaming Butterfly Bone Beauties and threw them into the spiritual power furnace one by one. The color of the lava in the furnace was extremely bright. Not far away, the shadow of the Bloodsucking Scourge was also becoming clearer.
"Catch more! Catch more! "A high-level cultivator of Liao Nation shouted crazily." It's almost reborn! It's almost reborn! Just a little more! "
Mo Xi wanted to summon the Sky-Devouring Beast, but the Sky-Devouring Beast was too strong. He could only summon it a few times a year, and he had already used it to the limit. In addition, the Sky-Devouring Beast was exhausted from the battle with the Murong Star. He couldn't summon it successfully now.
However, at this critical moment, Mo Xi heard the sound of another array breaking behind him.
He turned around abruptly, and Gu Mang also turned around in shock.
The person who played this array breaking music was … a Murong Lian?!!
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