Jiang Bingkun did not choose to temporarily suspend his troops because of the short-term defeat, even in the season of scarcity, he still kept urging the four major fronts to move forward, and the time came to test a country's will in the most serious period of lack of supplies.

Although the four empires have achieved a lot of successes, but the pressure is still huge, the Danyang army is still going to the border in a steady stream, and the two major sects have once again sent new disciples to the front line to support their defense.

In Yecheng, the defender Zhao Yu ushered in a short period of repair, and the morale of the Shadow Moon army was high after the defeat, and now the news of the replacement of the Shadow Moon General with Liang Ming has reached their ears.

"I heard that Jiang Bingkun removed the position of the general of the Shadow Moon King and made the overseer Liang Ming a general, and at this moment he is planning a new attack in Night City", Lin Zixu assisted Zhao Yu in the defense of Yecheng.

"This may be our opportunity, it is taboo to change generals in battle, now that the Shadow Moon army has just suffered a defeat, the army is unstable, maybe we can take the opportunity to recapture the hundreds of small and medium-sized cities occupied by them", Zhao Yu planned.

"How is this Zhao Yu marching and fighting?" Lin Zixu asked.

"I heard that this person is extremely arrogant, and he has had many encounters with the Shadow Moon King, but he has never really commanded the front-line troops to participate in the battle, but he only came to the throne by relying on the trust of their emperor, and I have not heard of any outstanding achievements in him," Zhao Yu said.

"Maybe we should wait for the work, let him fall hard, and take the initiative, which is enough to make him a frightened bird," Lin Zixu said.

"The idea is good, this person heard that he is very happy, this time he will inevitably command the army to storm Yecheng, and we will give him a head-on attack when the time comes", Zhao Yu is ready to fight a counterattack to block the enemy.

In the previous great victory, they captured the baggage of the 300,000 Shadow Moon army, and with these equipment, the Tianyang Empire quickly recruited countless refugees who fled to Yecheng for refuge, and now they are in intense training, and the strength of the city has increased a lot.

It has been more than two months since the Shadow Moon King's failed attack on Yecheng, the Tianyang Empire's military horses rebuilt the Tianping River embankment, stopped the flooding, and the way for the two sides to advance was opened again, this time Liang Ming saw the opportunity for a decisive battle, he was blocked by the torrent and could not march before, and now he saw the opportunity to attack.

In order to make a quick meritorious service, he chose to attack many small and medium-sized cities in the surrounding areas, and soon occupied more than a dozen small and medium-sized cities.

This time, he spared no expense to send more than 400,000 troops to the front line to prepare for the attack on Yecheng, and Zhao Yu, the defender of Yecheng, had already waited for the rabbit and built a solid fortification waiting for his arrival.

The 400,000-strong army was menacing, carrying a huge momentum, and it was like a flood.

At this moment, in his army, those children who originally came from the Shadow Moon family had already received the information from the Shadow Moon King, and they were simply not working hard, and were ready to secretly plot against him, let him lose his troops and take revenge on him.

Liang Ming sat firmly in the three armies, watching the huge army move forward steadily, he was very happy, he already had a premonition that the army broke through the gate of Yecheng and drove straight into the imperial city of the Tianyang Empire, this was a good opportunity for him to make contributions.

At this moment, Yecheng has become different from the past, and hundreds of huge trebuchets on the city wall have been hoisted by them, all of which are the legacies left over after the defeat of the Shadow Moon army, and now they have become the defensive weapons of the Tianyang Empire.

"General, the defense of Yecheng is very good, what is the best attack plan for the general?" said the adjutant general when he saw the dense array of weapons on the tightly entrenched city walls.

"Do you know why the Shadow Moon King was defeated? It is because he cowered and caused the army to collapse, we must take them down in one go, and order the siege machinery to charge forward, the archers to cover behind, and the infantry to charge", Liang Ming issued the order to attack.

Hercules began to beat huge war drums and gave the order to attack. The horn of attack sounded, and it was an army of 100,000 that frantically killed it.

On the city wall, Zhao Yu looked at the swarming army and was not angry, but said contemptuously, "Such a dense formation, let you taste my dense firepower", Zhao Yu gave an order, and countless archers and catapults on the city wall ran wildly. The opponent's formation was extremely dense, and many soldiers were bustling and difficult to dodge, and a large number of soldiers fell like weeds.

But Liang Ming didn't care at all, he still continued to beat the war drums, the soldiers charged frantically, and the ruthless arrow feathers shot densely, even if they had as many shields as possible, it was difficult to resist, and the flints flying at any time were so powerful that they were difficult to parry. Soon large corpses of soldiers were piled up on the ground, and the soldiers behind trampled on their bones and charged.

"General, their firepower is too fierce for our bows and arrows to hurt them, and their condescending trebuchets and archers are too powerful," said the adjutant general.

"There are only a few hundred thousand defenders left in Yecheng, how many ordnance can they squander, or it won't be long before their arrows will be small, and then our chance will come", Liang Ming didn't care about some losses, and continued to attack.

However, the dense firepower of Yecheng made them feel a huge pressure, and the soldiers fell in pieces, but they couldn't even reach the city walls.

"How could they have so many bows and arrows? How is this possible?", at this time Liang Ming was also incredible.

"These bows and arrows are ours, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Shadow Moon King were lost here, and all the baggage was captured by them, and the armament is extremely sufficient at this time," said a staff officer.

"Damn Shadow Moon King, he actually sent so many ordnance to the enemy, it really hurt us, the price has already been paid, we must advance", Liang Ming was furious.

The drums of war were still ringing, but many of the warriors and the descents were stagnant behind, and the besieging troops in front lacked the cover of the soldiers in the back row, and were quickly annihilated by a rain of arrows.

"What's the matter with those soldiers, didn't I order them to cover the siege of the front row, why are they still slacking off there?" Liang Ming found that the huge soldiers were staggering and stagnating, resulting in huge casualties in the front row.

"Generals, they said that the firepower was too strong for them to rush, and they were ready to wait for the enemy's firepower to weaken before charging," the herald reported.

"Bastard, on the contrary, you dare to violate my military order and come and behead their leader for me", Liang Ming was furious.

"The general is angry, this is a critical moment, and killing his own general now will lead to a collapse of morale, absolutely not," the subordinate advised.

Because of the lack of cover of the follow-up forces, the siege vanguard has been completely lost at this moment, and a large number of siege ordnance has been left in front of the battle, and they are difficult to ride at the moment.

"The general retreats temporarily, it is impossible to capture Yecheng today, and we face great danger if we continue to stalemate", his subordinates persuaded him to withdraw his troops.

Seeing the sluggish morale of the army, he had to withdraw his troops, and this rash attack, he suffered huge losses, a large number of ordnance was lost, and he returned to Night City in embarrassment.

At this moment, the people above Yecheng cheered, they relied on the huge inheritance they had seized to catch Liang Ming off guard, and his soldiers were even secretly obstructing, making him lose face in this attack.

"The general's battle report has come out, and we only lost thousands of soldiers this time to strangle nearly 80,000 people of Liang Ming's army, which can be said to be a big victory", the soldier reported to Zhao Yu.

"This big battle made him understand that we are not soft bones, and if you want to gnaw us off, you need to have a good pair of teeth, otherwise your teeth will be knocked out first", Zhao Yu showed confidence.

Lin Zixu also witnessed the defeat of Liang Ming on the city wall, and he said: "Maybe we should take the initiative to take back the hundreds of surrounding cities to increase our morale, so that they will be terrified when they see our army."

"Pass on my military order, divide the army into three routes to recover the cities around Yecheng, now the enemy army is disheartened, it is difficult to resist, we must move quickly", Zhao Yu ordered three capable generals to lead the troops to recover the lost territory.

Because of the capture of many powerful siege equipment and the high war spirit, Zhao Yu recovered more than 200 cities, large and small, in a month, and slapped Liang Ming hard. At this moment, Liang Ming lost his arrogance, and he retreated in Dark Night City.

The defensive battle of Yecheng has been praised by many generals of the four empires, and they have recovered large areas of lost territory, which greatly boosted morale, and other fronts stubbornly resisted their attack.

In the end, Jiang Bingkun realized the failure of his military operation, during this period of time, the great front suffered huge losses, and the results achieved were getting fewer and fewer, he also realized that he was in a hurry, underestimating the tenacity of various countries, and finally he personally ordered to suspend the offensive that said that there was a front, and the retreating troops relied on the captured large cities to enter a comprehensive repair, and waited for the autumn harvest to make a decision.

Not only has the supply of grain and grass in the Danyang Empire reached its limit, but the soldiers and civilians of the other four countries have already begun to eat grass roots and wild vegetables, and the green and yellow season has made their will reach the limit of collapse.

The temporary truce of the Danyang Empire made everyone breathe, and the four empires were unable to launch a counterattack and turn to rest.

At this moment, the land has long been devastated, the once great rivers and mountains have been ruthlessly destroyed, there are displaced refugees everywhere, countless fields are uncultivated, countless villages and towns are empty, and the roads along the way are full of bones, this is the once prosperous and rich southwest center.

At this moment, the Danyang Empire has expanded its territory by as much as two times, and there are countless cities, but they are just countless empty cities, except for the soldiers stationed there, there is no more prosperity, leaving only broken walls and dirty streets.

The news of the truce soon spread throughout the mainland, and Lin Zixu and his party also felt that the war would not continue for the time being, and a large number of their disciples began to return to Tianhua Sect to continue their cultivation, ready to wait for the next war to come out to carry out the mission.

In the imperial city of the Tianyang Empire, the streets were full of countless civilians, and the emperor of the Tianyang Empire personally saw off countless Tianhua Sect disciples, thanking them for their help to the Tianyang Empire, and countless Tianhua Sect disciples were very proud, and they rushed back to Tianhua Sect under the leadership of Lin Zixu at this moment.

Lin Zixu's dazzling performance has been unanimously praised by many elders of Tianhua Sect, and he is becoming more and more pleasing to the eye, and Dai Tiande's expectations for him are also getting bigger and bigger.

When they returned to Tianhua Sect, they received a warm welcome from their disciples, and their return from this great victory gave countless people an encouragement.

Dai Mengli was very happy to see everyone returning safely, she spent every day in worry these days, spending a lot of time training other disciples every day, Senior Brother's death in battle brought her a huge blow, at this moment she didn't want to see Senior Brother Lin also have an accident.

These disciples who went out on missions all received high contribution rewards from the Tianhua Sect, which was of great help to their future cultivation, and they were able to obtain more cultivation resources.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the former newcomers have also become disciples of the Tianhua Sect, and their rapid growth in the Tianhua Sect has made countless old disciples feel tremendous pressure.

A generation of newcomers is better than the old, with the recovery of heaven and earth, the cultivation talent of the younger generation of disciples is extremely high, and they have caught up with the good era of cultivation, and their strength has improved by leaps and bounds.

The most eye-catching in the past year is Su Cheng, who is bursting with the power of holy light, he has occupied the first place in the battle power list of Tianhua Sect's newcomer disciples for a year in a row, and even Yun Yixuan, who is two orders higher than him, has been trampled under his feet. It's like a new star rising, and his popularity is catching up with the second senior brother Lin Zixu, both of them have similar talents, they have both stepped on the ninth heavenly level, their talents are amazing, and their future achievements are limitless.

This made many people begin to miss the two who created the miracle of the Tianhua Sect, the senior brother Jiang Heng and the rookie disciple Shi Xuan, they were the only talented disciples who broke the myth of the tenth level of the heavenly order in the past few decades, the death of these two people left a huge regret for everyone, what kind of surprise would they bring if they were alive?

In the secret place of the back mountain of Tianhua Sect, this is the great secret realm of Tianhua Sect, and now the seal is still tight, this big array rises and falls like a tide, if you want to enter it, you must wait for a year, and only when the seal is weakest can you have the opportunity to enter.

At this moment, the three figures are active in the Great Secret Realm, and now Shi Xuan, Zhao Zhuo, and Zhong Ling have been in it for almost a year, they can be said to be nine deaths and a life in it, and after the Secret Realm is closed, it is their real test, and the environment inside has undergone earth-shaking changes, and there are many dangers.

The demon haze inside is getting thicker and thicker, and if they want to discern the direction and test their soul power, the three of them have been blessed by the Crown of Disillusionment, from which they have obtained the soul test of disillusionment, and have obtained a huge sense of mind cultivation, and in this secret realm of demon mist, their soul power has been greatly improved.

Ordinary spirit masters had long been lost in such an environment, but the soul power of the three of them easily saw through the fog and found the route.

"It's so dangerous, we were almost targeted by the fifth-order array spirit, but fortunately we managed to find it here, if we were slower, it would be over", Zhong Ling's girl became more watery and moving, with big eyes, the gentleness and charm unique to the water attribute spirit master, as she grew older, she was now also bumpy and convex.

Shi Xuan and Zhao Zhuo have faded a little immature, and now they seem to be a little mature and stable Fourteen or fifteen years old, tall and handsome figures, they have matured a lot, and now they have improved a lot in strength after a year of hard survival, Zhao Zhuo and Zhong Ling successfully came to the eighth order of Ning Yuan Realm, even if they practiced outside, they were not so fast.

Shi Xuan advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the seventh order of the Ning Yuan Realm, his progress was huge, leaving the other two speechless, and this kind of cultivation speed scared the two of them several times.

Shi Xuan himself understood that this was because of the huge influence of Disillusionment Wuji on his soul, and now that his control over the elements was even stronger, his cultivation would naturally advance by leaps and bounds.

Moreover, they have been hunting array spirits in it, and have obtained a rich spiritual energy, and there are not many spiritual skills that burn their cultivation the most, but they are dedicated enough and powerful, and the three of them cooperate closely, as long as they don't encounter powerful fifth-order array spirits and some top-level fourth-order peak array spirits, the others will not be difficult for them.

But they also found that in the days when the seal was closed, the suppression power in it was extremely strong, the environment became irritable, and some powerful thunder and lightning spirits were often born in the sky, which were so powerful that even the three of them could not deal with it together.

In this special space, there is the soul of the Lord of Disillusionment, and the changes in the environment here are completely imposed by these people who have obtained his inheritance, and the thick haze is not very helpful for their cultivation of disillusionment, and the birth of the spirit of thunder and lightning exerts a strong pressure on them to practice, and several times the spirit of thunder and lightning almost put them in a desperate situation, thanks to the three of them forcibly squeezing their potential to escape.

Now the place where they are is also a secret place in the secret realm, discovered during an adventure, some spiritual materials were once born here, Shi Xuan found this safe cave, took out his fifth-order furnace, and started his own spiritual forging here.

He has a lot of rich spiritual materials with Na Ling, which he exchanged with his contribution points, and he also obtained countless spiritual materials in the secret realm, he re-forged a powerful set of third-order spirit armor and weapons for himself in this year, his combat ability has improved a lot, and his set is of higher quality than the one forged for Zhao Zhuo, after all, his spirit forging skills are not lost to any senior brother.

Zhong Ling's head was also stained with his light, Shi Xuan carefully designed a more powerful set of spirit armor for her, and the three of them are now wearing a powerful spirit armor suit to protect their bodies, and it is much safer to survive in it.

They had recently discovered that the array spirits in the secret realm would go berserk every once in a while, and their strength would increase greatly, and at that time, it would be very tricky for them to encounter them, so they had to hide here to avoid danger.

Yesterday, they found a secret place, dug up some spiritual materials, and provoked a large fifth-order array spirit, the three of them were scared to flee everywhere, at this time they also encountered many violent array spirits along the way, the three of them were embarrassed, at this time, even the demon haze inside was several times thicker, and the thunder and lightning in the sky were roaring.

If it weren't for Shi Xuan's success in squeezing his potential, successfully using his soul power to break through the haze and find the direction, it is estimated that they would have been buried in the pursuit of the array spirits.

"Yes, that fifth-order array spirit is like a big mountain, it makes us can't breathe, thanks to Shi Xuan finding the direction, otherwise we wouldn't be able to live", Zhao Zhuo said luckily.

"If my guess is correct, this is the ghost of the Crown of Disillusionment, this is originally the exclusive space of the King of Disillusionment, we have obtained his inheritance, naturally we have to accept his test, he said that his inheritance is not passed on to mediocrity, we are not the first people to obtain the inheritance, if we fail, we will stay here forever", Shi Xuan recalled the bumpy life of the King of Disillusionment.

If you want to get his inheritance, you must also accept a bumpy test, and the three of them have spent a whole year in the Great Secret Realm.

At this moment, the wind and thunder were raging outside their hiding place, the thunder and lightning were howling, and terrifying thunderstorms were descending, and if they hadn't found a safe place before, it was hard to imagine what danger they would face.

"These thunderbolts have become fine, I have seen so many lightning bolts over the years, and I have never seen such a terrifying one, and the thunder and lightning spirits that can give birth to spiritual wisdom have been produced, which is really rare", Zhong Ling listened to the thunder flickering outside, the huge thunder tore the sky, and the array spirits in the secret realm were going crazy and raging, rushing everywhere.

At this moment, even any third-order peak array spirit is difficult to deal with, they seem to have received the enhancement of the energy of the large array, and earth-shaking evolution is taking place, every year a large number of array spirits will be killed by the disciples of the Tianhua Sect, but they will replenish the number on their own, and their strength will also be improved, Shi Xuan and the others are fortunate to see this scene.

"I finally understand why these array spirits are endless, and they can't be killed every year, this big array has now fully recovered, and the energy in the evolution space he absorbed from heaven and earth has suddenly increased dramatically, and all the array spirits have grown rapidly under the influence of the formation, during this period, if we grasp the strength well, we will also get the enhancement of the formation", Shi Xuan felt the aura in the air around him increase sharply.

"No wonder these array spirits are running around like crazy, they are a sign of advancement, in addition to the increase in aura, maybe some things that can improve their cultivation have also been born, to help them grow, we may be able to find opportunities to go out and look for some", Zhong Ling's current soul power has also been greatly improved.

After many days of violent energy impact, calm was restored within the Great Secret Realm, Shi Xuan and the others walked out of the Great Secret Realm to find an opportunity, and after attacking to search, they found a strange spiritual material, which they had not encountered in the previous year.

"Could this be the spiritual object that was born in the secret realm in the past few days?" Zhao Zhuo looked at a piece of glittering spiritual material in his hand.

"See what it does?" Zhong Ling was also curious.

"Use the power of your soul to urge you to give it a try," Shi Xuan said.

Zhao Zhuo released his soul and felt this brilliance, for a moment it seemed that his soul had become substantial, and a soul projection appeared beside him, exactly like him, but that brilliance disappeared and merged into his body.

"Oh my God, I have found a treasure, this is a high-grade spiritual material that nourishes the soul, with it, it can greatly enhance the soul, let's go find it elsewhere", Zhong Ling looked at Zhao Zhuo's majestic soul power in surprise.

"It seems that this is the special substance that allows these array spirits to evolve, let's also go look for it, and it will be robbed by the array spirits when it is too late", Shi Xuan was also excited.

Shi Xuan and the three of them spent a long time in a lot of areas before they found a few pieces of brilliance, extremely rare, the three of them absorbed them all, Shi Xuan looked at the almost transparent soul shadow, and even he easily saw through the mountain in the thick haze, this insight is unimaginable, even his own scripture context can be clearly perceived, and his ability to practice and use spiritual skills in the future has been greatly strengthened.