Chapter 522: Chapter 522
Echoes of anguished roars resounded through the Heavenly Universe. Subsequently, an emotion of panic began to spread within the hearts of all Blood Lion soldiers. Their strongest general is dead; what were they to do now? Could they defeat the enemy?
"Convey the order, leave no one alive!" Li Jing hovered in the air, exuding a potent Evil Qi as he coldly commanded.
The Black-armored Army’s morale was high. All the soldiers wielded their spears, like unleashed tigers and wolves, rushing into the Blood Lion encampment.
In terms of strength, the Blood Lion soldiers and the Black-armored Army soldiers were evenly matched. However, with Lion Proud’s fall, the Blood Lion soldiers’ morale had plummeted, sharply reducing their fighting power.
The outcome of the battle was clear.
One after another, Blood Lions fell. Their massive bodies were riddled with bloody holes, remnants of destructive power, with blood gushing freely. Before long, the armor of the Black-armored Army soldiers was dyed crimson with blood. Each step left a conspicuous bloody footprint on the ground. The rıghtful source is novel·fire.net
A blood-mist rose, accumulating high in the air, forming bloody clouds that stretched for miles, roiling incessantly—a truly grand spectacle!
"Fight them to the death!"
Gradually, the Blood Lion soldiers realized the Black-armored Army intended to exterminate them completely, and they roared in anger. The savage genes from their mixed bloodlines allowed them to overcome their fear. They engaged in a desperate battle, fully intending to perish together with their foes.
In response, the Black-armored Army soldiers calmly handled the situation. They used their shields to fend off the Blood Lions’ attacks while wielding their spears to cut down lives, all without disrupting their pace of slaughter.
An elite army was beginning to show its true mettle!
The great battle ended. Across the hundreds of miles of battlefield, bodies soaked in blood were strewn everywhere, most of whom were Blood Lion soldiers, with a smaller number from the Black-armored Army.
"General, in this battle, we’ve killed 8,970,000 enemies and suffered over 20,000 casualties ourselves!" The Deputy General, so drenched in blood that his features were indistinguishable, reported with a cupped fist salute.
"I understand!" Upon hearing this, Li Jing’s expression didn’t change much. He calmly said, "Clean up the battlefield."
Death on the battlefield was only too normal. Before going into battle, he knew some would not return. It could be tens of thousands; it could be hundreds of thousands. It could even be the entire army.
But what could be done?
Today’s great battle was fought to secure the peace of tomorrow for the Qin Dynasty! Today’s sacrifice was made to ensure the peace for future generations of the Qin Dynasty!
At this moment, the flames of war blazed to the sky, and plumes of signal smoke were everywhere! After Buddha Wisdom Absolute declared war on the Eternal Temple, Buddhists massively mobilized troops for a comprehensive crackdown on the Eternal Temple branches in the West Region.
On the first day, Buddha Wufa personally acted, using his Buddha Imprint to suppress two Ten-thousand-year Emperor realm Martial Artists!
On the second day, the Bodhisattva who Saves the World led a million Buddhist soldiers, captured an Eternal Temple branch, and slaughtered thirty thousand Eternal Temple disciples!
On the third day, the powerful experts of the West Region’s Eternal Temple fought back. The two sides engaged in a bloody battle in Gold Spirit City, which concluded with a Buddhist victory. Of the two million Eternal Temple soldiers, only a few thousand managed to escape.
On the sixth day, Buddhism once again captured an Eternal Temple branch...
Buddhism had wiped out most of the Eternal Temple’s forces. Only the last Boundless Valley branch remained, a solitary island on the edge of the West Region.
Boundless Valley was located in the heart of the island. It was filled with countless poisonous insects that constantly exuded poisonous gases. The terrain itself contributed to a dense, poisonous miasma. If outsiders entered without a sufficiently powerful cultivation base to protect them, they would be poisoned and die within a short period. Beneath the piles of fallen leaves, blackened skeletons could be seen everywhere.
Suddenly, a sheet of Buddha’s light enveloped the island, dispersing all the poisonous gases. A million ascetic monks, clad in ragged monk robes, landed on the island. They headed toward Boundless Valley. With each step, they crossed tens of thousands of feet; a distance of ten thousand li was but a few paces to them.
They lightly chanted Buddha’s name, and Buddha’s light swirled around them. Any poisonous insect bathed in the Buddha’s light struggled for a moment before losing all signs of life. Everywhere they passed, all life perished!
Upon closer inspection, one would notice a difference in the ascetic monks’ faces. The compassion of bygone days had been replaced by a hint of steely resolve and killing intent. After several days of intense battles, they had killed people, seen bloodshed, and even sent many to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss!
After a few minutes, the monks halted their advance. In front of them were two towering mountains that pierced the clouds, like two Heavenly Swords. Between the two mountains lay a dark, bottomless chasm, constantly spewing black gas that obscured vision and concealed its true depth. Within this chasm lay the Eternal Temple branch, a place long considered forbidden by countless Martial Artists of the West Region!
"A long, resonant voice declared from high in the heavens, ’The Buddha proclaims: Attack!’ It was the monk known as Saving the World, seated upon a tenth-grade Buddhist lotus, calmly issuing the command."
"Your disciples obey the command!"
The monks respectfully acknowledged. With both hands gripping their Buddhist staffs, a million rays of Buddha light erupted, piercing the sky and enveloping the cosmos. This light surged towards Boundless Valley ahead, dispelling the pervasive black gas.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Suddenly, the sound of something tearing through the air resounded! Tens of thousands of pitch-black arrows were shot out from the bottomless chasm. Each arrow was inscribed with numerous arcane runes that pulsed with destructive power, exponentially increasing the arrow’s might.
The ascetic monks smirked, swiftly swinging their Buddhist staffs. Countless staff shadows flickered into existence, forming an impenetrable defensive barrier. With this move, they had defeated the other Eternal Temple guards in the West Region and withstood all arrow attacks. Not a single one of them had been injured or killed. So, faced with the sky full of arrows, the ascetic monks were exceptionally calm, showing no signs of panic.
These arrows... they seem a bit different? Only Saving the World, high in the heavens, noticed something different about the arrows. He frowned slightly but did not dwell on it. Could an arrow possibly have some tricks up its sleeve?
However, what happened next left him stunned.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
But as the arrows descending from the sky struck the Buddhist staffs, they unexpectedly exploded! An overwhelming surge of energy was released, instantaneously shattering the staffs and blasting the ascetic monks.
The earth trembled violently, and the mountains beneath their feet collapsed with a deafening crash! Those ascetic monks who couldn’t react in time were instantly blasted apart, their bodies obliterated.
After this single volley of arrows, at least 300,000 ascetic monks had perished, their bodies buried amidst the dust and rubble.
"How... how terrifying!" The surviving ascetic monks charging from behind exchanged horrified and bewildered glances. How could arrows explode?
Seeing the devastating losses among his disciples, Saving the World roared in fury. Infinite Spiritual Energy gathered in his palm, and he unleashed a devastating strike towards the valley.
The Void fractured, and a colossal palm print, tens of thousands of feet wide, materialized. It directly shattered half the island, causing it to sink into the silent sea and stirring up monstrous waves. Several thousand Eternal Temple disciples from the Boundless Valley branch were exposed. They stood gathered together, clutching chains, their faces contorted with hatred as they glared at Saving the World.
"Kill!" an ascetic monk roared, gritting his teeth.
The remaining 700,000-plus ascetic monks glared, their eyes bloodshot and filled with an intense murderous aura, completely devoid of any Buddhist compassion.
Saving the World waved his hand, catching a fragment of a shattered arrow. Sensing the residual energy within it, he muttered to himself, Such powerful arrows! Attacking the Eternal Temple seems like a truly daunting task! From this arrow, he inferred there was a huge gap between Buddhism and the Eternal Temple. Buddhism, at least, did not possess the capability to forge such arrows!
「Meanwhile, in the southern part of the Middle Region.」
Li Jing rode a warhorse, a trident in hand. His face was etched with a grim, murderous expression as his eyes coldly surveyed the south. Behind him, over two million Black-armored Army soldiers followed in close formation. Their heavy footsteps thudded on fields of white bones as they relentlessly pressed on—Charge! Charge! And charge again!
Since exterminating the vanguard of the Myriad Demon Saint’s Court, Li Jing had led his army on a swift, deep penetration into enemy territory. He had broken through one enemy stronghold after another, rapidly closing in on the Myriad Demon Saint’s Court.
Finally, on the ninth day of their campaign, this formidable, battle-hardened army appeared outside the borders of the Myriad Demon Saint’s Court.
Row upon row of banners were planted along the banks of a blood-red river!
The golden ’Qin’ character emblazoned on them shone with dazzling brilliance!