Chapter 113: War Deployment
At the moment when Huang Shuhan was careless, a terrifying sword qi pointed directly at the point, but this sword qi could not fall on her body, an even more terrifying cold qi struck, and many Tianhua Sect disciples on the field were frozen, including Jiang Yuheng, an old woman with a terrifying breath blocked Jiang Yuheng's sword qi for Huang Shuhan.
"Master, why did you make a move?" said Huang Shuhan.
"You underestimated this man's outburst, and if I hadn't blocked this sword for you, you'd probably have been seriously injured," the old woman said.
"I still have a lot of stunts that I haven't performed, and he may not be able to hurt me?" Huang Shuhan said.
"That's it, I told you a long time ago, this group of people is stubborn, you want to settle grievances with them, people may not appreciate it, if I wasn't here, I'm afraid you would suffer a big loss today", the old woman said.
Shi Xuan finally summoned a stream of true fire from the dantian, ran along the meridians to dissolve the ice that was freezing him, and walked out at once.
His actions attracted the attention of the old woman, "Good boy, I haven't seen you for more than a year, and my true fire has grown a little more, and even the cold breath of the old woman can melt."
"I also asked my seniors to release many of my senior brothers, maybe there is no need to deepen the grudge between us, and you don't want to be remembered by our allies in the future," Shi Xuan said.
"Although your Tianhua Sect, Divine Sword Valley and the Continental Ranger Alliance are powerful, but if you want to deal with our master and apprentice, you can't help but talk about it, even if Dai Tiande comes, I am not afraid, you have to remember that there are people outside the world, although the Tianhua Sect can be regarded as a hegemon in the Southwest Continent, but there are still some unimaginable forces in this world", the old woman looked at the frozen Jiang Yuheng and many disciples and said proudly.
Jiang Yuheng broke through her ice freeze again and walked over, "Your Excellency's strength is superb, we are not your opponents, but it doesn't mean that no one in our Tianhua Sect can stop you, it's just that we are also afraid that Your Excellency has also saved my junior brother's life, and we haven't made a move," Jiang Yuheng said.
"Master, forget it, Tianxiao has been caught, let's go, you said you wouldn't interfere", Huang Shuhan said.
"Well, this matter should be a reminder for yourself, and you will have a long memory in the future, so as not to be deceived in the future", the old woman waved her hand, and instantly lifted her winter curse, and everyone was finally free.
The old woman pointed a little finger, and Tianxiao instantly revealed her true face, and the ice of her whole body was shattered, "The people of the Tianxiao clan are really majestic, and such wanton killing is inevitably out of harmony."
"What does our Tianxiao clan have to do with you, why do you interfere?" The strong man of the Tianxiao clan asked.
"It's just that you can't get used to it, and today you have to pay for your killing," Huang Shuhan said.
"If you kill me, our royal family will seek revenge on you," Tinray began.
"I'm waiting for him to come, now you can die", the old woman instantly exerted a huge spear of ice piercing his chest, black blood flowing out along the wound, and the death was ugly.
Huang Shuhan walked to Shi Xuan's side and said: "This creature in front of you is called Tianxiao, it is an evil ancient creature, since they have reappeared now, they will definitely bring disaster to the world in the future, you can do it yourself." After saying that, Huang Shuhan and her master disappeared into the distance in a blink of an eye.
"What kind of force do these two people belong to, and their strength is so terrifying?" Jiang Yuheng could not forget.
"Senior brother, forget it, they don't look like they are dealing with us, except for the previous sneak attack, we have no grudge against them, there is no need to continue to deepen the grudge," Shi Xuan said.
"I hope I'm thinking too much, they'd better not use these dragon eggs to do anything bad, otherwise I won't let them go?" Jiang Yuheng said.
The corpse of this Tianxiao clan powerhouse was dissected by Shi Xuan, his fifth-order spirit core was also dug up by Shi Xuan, and his hard claws were also cut off by him.
"What are you doing with this claw?" Zhao Zhuo was puzzled.
"This claw is even harder than your fire dragon mace, I am going to make it into a pair of claw weapons, the power must be very domineering", Shi Xuan didn't want to waste such a good material.
"When the rest of the Tianxiao clan saw your claws, they had to pick your skin", Zhao Zhuo was speechless.
"Who picks whom, you don't know?" Shi Xuan was not afraid of their retaliation.
After a night of tossing, they cleaned up the spirit beasts in Hetan Town and helped the villagers regain their peace.
The next day, they went to the mountain to investigate and found no other Tianxiao, "Let's prepare to leave tomorrow, after a day's delay, I will let the sect pay attention to the matter of the Tianxiao Clan", Jiang Yuheng said.
Jiang Yuheng and many disciples were a lot more cautious along the way, they had encountered some extremely rare ancient beings many times, most of these races were unheard of, and they caused a lot of panic as soon as they appeared.
"Senior brother, are there really tens of thousands of these ancient races?" Zhao Zhuo asked.
"According to rumors, there have been many races on the continent for tens of thousands of years, but most of them disappeared in the catastrophe 10,000 years ago, and then the active races were gradually wiped out by our ancestors and disappeared into history," Jiang Yuheng said.
"Is this really a reincarnation? Has we once again returned to the era when all races competed for supremacy and hundreds of boats competed for power?" someone sighed.
"Our ancestors were able to rise among all races, are we now dominating the earth, are we still afraid that they will not succeed? Improving our strength is far more important than others, as long as we are strong, we don't have to be afraid of more races," Jiang Yuheng said confidently.
Shi Xuan and the others had a sense of security following Jiang Yuheng's side, as long as she was still standing, they could feel a powerful force guarding them, this might be the aura of the strong.
Yecheng, an ancient city, one of the three pearls of the Tianyang Empire, its existence, like a huge backer, maintains the last dignity of the Tianyang Empire, once Yecheng is lost, most of the land of the Tianyang Empire will fall, since ancient times it has been an important city of the empire, guarding the main road of the world, at this moment General Zhao Yu is waiting for the battle, and the solid city is guarding the last checkpoint of the empire.
After some tossing and turning, Shi Xuan and the others finally came to this familiar city again, the surrounding cities had been reclaimed by the Empire, and now they were all watching the Liang Ming army stationed in Night City.
Since the armistice, Liang Ming has been waiting impatiently, and it was not until the end of the Beicang War this time that the empire restarted the four major fronts, and he ushered in an opportunity.
Outside the Shadow Moon Fortress, a large number of military rations and ordnance were continuously transported from the Empire, which was the last preparation before the war.
Among them, some disciples of the Blood Ring Sect were mixed in with their transportation team, they established an alliance with the Danyang Empire, and began to fulfill their tasks, and the transportation of supplies became the top priority.
The disciples from the Jingyue Sect also came to the four empires and the other allies of the Tianhua Sect to join the masters, and the shadow of the great war once again hung over everyone's heads.
Shi Xuan even met two acquaintances in Yecheng, who were from the Jingyue Sect and were assigned here to assist them.
"Senior Brother Shi Xuan, I didn't expect to meet you here", Song Qing and Song Zhe, two brothers from the Canghai Song family, Shi Xuan and them went to Jingyue Sect to transport supplies at the beginning, which can be regarded as fate.
"I didn't expect you to successfully enter the Jingyue Sect and come here?" Shi Xuan was also very happy to see the old man.
"It is also our honor to be able to carry out the mission with Brother Shi Xuan, thanks to your help back then," Song Qing said.
"From now on, everyone will be allies, so you don't have to be polite," Shi Xuan said.
Shi Xuan also felt that the circle of spirit masters was too small, even if they were thousands of miles away, but because of the complicated situation, let them meet again.
He also remembered those brothers in Tianhaiyuan, some of them also came to the mainland, but they didn't know if they would be able to see each other again in the future.
On the towering city walls, the Tianyang Empire deployed many heavy weapons, huge crossbow arrows, many powerful catapults, and many defensive weapons, and the young soldiers were ready for battle.
Shi Xuan stood at the head of the city and looked into the distance, the traces of the previous war were still obvious, but an even more brutal war was coming.
In the barracks, General Zhao Yu was arranging many tasks, "The arrival of your spirit master has really solved our urgent need, our spies have found that the Shadow Moon Fortress has shipped several batches of supplies, and the empire is about to launch a full-scale attack, we need your assistance."
"The general is polite, we received a request for help from the empire, and we did it almost non-stop, what is the send, General Zhao just spoke", Jiang Yuheng said.
"If you want to grasp the initiative in the war, you must have good intelligence, it is extremely difficult for our soldiers to penetrate, it is undoubtedly much more convenient for your spirit masters to send out reconnaissance, I want you to explore all the military deployments of the empire," Zhao Yu said.
"I will let my disciples carry out the collection of intelligence," Jiang Yuheng said.
"The enemy's supply lines are equally important, and we need to find a way to cut off their supplies and give them heavy damage," Zhao said.
"I understand, the defense of the city will be handed over to you, we will find a way to infiltrate into the Dark Night City to spy on intelligence, and organize spirit masters to attack them", Jiang Yuheng promised.
"On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, I thank you for your support, and the empire will not forget your merits in the future," Zhao Yu said.
"As long as the world is peaceful, it will be enough for us," Jiang Yuheng said.
Now the focus for them is to carry out reconnaissance against Liang Ming's army, the city of Dark Night City is strong and towering, and it is difficult for ordinary spirit masters who have not reached the Heavenly Vein Realm to climb over the city, and only a few spirit masters can do this.
Many of the disciples were a little nostalgic for the war eagles of the Beicang tribe, and if they had the help of the war eagles, it would be much easier for them to investigate, and they could also carry out surprise attacks.
"Shi Xuan, you must be careful, their heavy crossbow arrows are extremely powerful, they can't be underestimated, I haven't broken through the Heavenly Vein Realm yet, and I can't help you for the time being, this reconnaissance depends on you", Zhao Zhuo reached the ninth order of the Ning Yuan Realm, but he couldn't fly, and he couldn't dispatch this time.
"It's okay, I believe you will be able to break through in a month or two, when the time comes, you just don't pull back, you just honestly help the empire to hold the city, leave this task to us", Shi Xuan said.
The Dark Night City of Li Ye City is hundreds of miles long, with many cities in between, and now it is back in the hands of the Tianyang Empire, Shi Xuan and the others are ready to start from the forefront of the position to carry out an investigation and deployment reconnaissance of the empire's military movements.
Shi Xuan and Jiang Yuheng were the most powerful of their group of spirit masters, and if they wanted to break through the enemy's tight defensive position, only they could do it.
These areas belong to the buffer zone of the war between the two sides, the people are all displaced, empty, Shi Xuan and they pass through a lot of towns, in addition to the imperial army haunts, occasionally see some old, weak, sick and disabled difficult to survive.
The once rich land has long since been in disarray, full of ruins left over from the Empire's conquests.
Shi Xuan and the others finally arrived at the frontline position and came to the camp, where they could already see the Dark Night City in the distance, as the famous city of the Tianyang Kingdom, the Dark Night City has left countless legends, this city has suffered many wars for thousands of years, witnessed the rise and fall of the two empires, and has always been an important place for soldiers.
Shi Xuan and the others conducted many reconnaissances along the city, and found that it was extremely dangerous to carry out reconnaissance during the day, and many powerful crossbow arrows could kill them at any time, and the empire was now taking temporary precautions against them.
"It seems that it will only be after late at night, when the people are sleepy and the attention is the most distracted, so we will take advantage of the night to cross their defenses, blend into the city, and carry out a detailed investigation," Jiang Yuheng said after weighing it.
After nightfall, Jiang Yuheng and Shi Xuan slowly approached the Dark Night City, observing the soldiers on the city wall at any time, it has been a tense period recently, the vigilance of the enemy army is extremely high, there are several classes of soldiers patrolling the city every day, and it is indeed difficult to break in rashly.
"Wait, we will fly as high as possible later, lack of vision, it is not easy for them to discover us, once they find us, retreat immediately, don't take risks", Jiang Yuheng and Shi Xuan lurked until the third watch, and the soldiers on the city wall were already very sleepy at this time.
"Let's go, fly as high as you can", Shi Xuan and the others changed into civilian clothes, once they landed in the city, they were able to quickly blend into the crowd.
Outside of their field of vision, Shi Xuan and the others quickly flew into the dark sky towards the city, and when they crossed the high wall, suddenly a soldier happened to look up and saw a figure skimming through the sky.
"It's not good, there is a spirit master flying high in the sky, everyone pay attention", the soldier shouted, and soon many soldiers carefully checked the sky, and found several figures, they mobilized crossbow arrows and shot at Shi Xuan and them.
High in the sky, Jiang Yuheng frowned, "Damn, they found out, retreat quickly", Jiang Yuheng had to cancel the task.
The others immediately turned around and fled into the distance, but after Shi Xuan dodged a few arrows, he immediately used the Shadow Talisman to instantly disappear into the air and fly into the distance.
The soldiers at the head of the city saw Jiang Yuheng and they were far away from the city wall, so they stopped shooting.
Jiang Yuheng and a few others landed in the camp, "Senior Brother Shi Xuan entered the Dark Night City, I saw him activate the Shadow Talisman in the chaos and disappear", someone said.
"I knew that when we were in the sect, I asked him to help us forge a few more," someone said.
"The spiritual materials of the Shadow Talisman are extremely scarce, there is no price, and it is very difficult to forge them in batches, this time the main reason is that the weather is sunny today, and the bright vision of the stars and moon in the night sky is too good, if it is rainy weather, it will not be so difficult to investigate", Jiang Yuheng said.
"I hope Senior Brother Shi Xuan will return safely", someone said.
"Senior Brother Shi Xuan has always been very shrewd, and he should gain something in the future," Jiang Yuheng said.
Shi Xuan flew for a while before landing in a dark corner, and he didn't dare to walk on the street at will, lest he encounter patrolling soldiers. He found a dilapidated house and walked in to practice for the night, and the next morning, he followed the residents of Night City around to investigate and record the military deployment of the Empire.
Most of these people are residents of the Danyang Empire, since the Dark Night City was occupied by their empire, some families and merchants have come here, the Dark Night City has vitality again, there are often large groups of people and horses shuttling in the city, these are the people of the empire to maintain law and order, in addition to maintaining law and order, arresting the empire's spies is also their goal, but if they are suspected, they may be arrested, arrested and interrogated.
Shi Xuan avoided the many patrolling soldiers from a distance, and completely integrated into the market, marking the many military garrisons in the Dark Night City with drawings.
In the city, he walked past some stalls, pretending to buy something, and suddenly found some impromptu people who exuded evil spirits and came to the market.
"It's the disciples of the Blood Ring Sect, they also came to the city", Shi Xuan recognized the unique aura of the Blood Ring Sect, and the bloody aura contaminated by their blood refining techniques was very obvious.
Shi Xuan didn't want to provoke them at the moment, once they were targeted, it would be more difficult to escape from Night City than to ascend to the sky.
At this moment, he suddenly saw an ancient scroll of animal skins in a stall, and he walked over and took it in his hand to look through it.
"Young man, if you are interested, I will sell it to you for five hundred gold," the old man said with a grin, looking like a profiteer.
Shi Xuan suddenly realized that the exercises described on this ancient scroll were not some fragments of the follow-up to the Divine Dragon Emperor that he had dreamed of, this chapter was also only a fragment, but it also made Shi Xuan's eyes shine.
"Where did you get this fragment, and are there any other scrolls?" Shi Xuan asked.
"No, only this one, if you want to buy it, five hundred gold is a lot", the old man said stiffly.
"This is just a fragment, is it inevitably too expensive?" Shi Xuan said.
"If I bargain, I will ask for a thousand gold", the old man saw at a glance that Shi Xuan had a sense of action, and captured his mind.
Shi Xuan gritted his teeth and took out five hundred gold, "Okay, even if I suffer a loss, I bought it", Shi Xuan was about to hand the gold coin to the old man.
At this moment, a spirit master of the Blood Ring Sect suddenly came to the side, "Wait, old man, I'll give you eight hundred gold, I want this ancient scroll", the man looked at the ancient scroll in Shi Xuan's hand and said.
"I'm sorry, I've already paid the price, this exercise is mine," Shi Xuan put away the exercise and said.
"That's right, I said five hundred gold is five hundred gold, since he paid me, this exercise will belong to him, the old man is not short of your extra three hundred gold, the transaction has been completed", the old man's words surprised Shi Xuan, he always thought that the old man was also a treacherous businessman, but he didn't expect to do what he said, and he was not afraid of offending these disciples of the Blood Ring Sect.
Just when a disciple of the Blood Ring Sect was about to teach the old man and Shi Xuan a lesson, the man who made the offer grabbed his hand and gave him a look, and the rest of the people stopped.
Shi Xuan slightly released his soul to investigate, and sure enough, the old man's strength was unfathomable, at least he had reached the high level of the Spirit Realm, and he also looked away.
Shi Xuan finished the transaction and walked away directly into the distance, ignoring these people, he came to a dilapidated and ruined temple, which was deserted.
At this time, a few spirit masters appeared outside the broken temple, "The kid inside, get out and die, even the ancient scrolls that Lao Tzu has a fancy to you dare to fight with me, you are simply looking for death by yourself."
Shi Xuan was really remembered by them, and he didn't feel surprised, and walked out of the broken temple directly.
"What do you want to do, I'm a legitimate citizen of the Danyang Empire, do you want to rob me?" Shi Xuan asked.
"Boy, next time remember to cast a good fetus, join a good force in the next life, take it out weirdly, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless", the man looked at him and said.
"Is it true that the Blood Ring Sect will only be rich in garbage like you, so that I can send you on your way?" Shi Xuan suddenly revealed a fierce expression, and a snow-bright sword appeared in his hand.
"Good boy, in the face of a few of us, you still dare to show your sword, go to death, taste my blood soul Dafa", the man's blood aura instantly soared, he pulled out his sword and killed it directly, Shi Xuan felt that his sword qi could disturb his essence blood, and the blood soul Dafa really had some doorways.
However, to their surprise, Shi Xuan's sudden burst of power cut off his sword with a single sword, this person looked at Shi Xuan in disbelief, but the second sword that followed directly cut him alive, and even his spirit armor couldn't stop this fast sword.
"How is this possible?" several other people looked at Shi Xuan in shock.
"Don't you like to rely on the strong to bully the weak, to bully the widow with more, the ancient scrolls are here, come and get them?" Shi Xuan couldn't do anything in the bazaar, so he deliberately lured them to come, and surrounded them to eradicate these scum.
"Let's go together, don't be afraid of him", someone said, and then several people launched a siege on Shi Xuan, however, Shi Xuan made them instantly understand the gap between the Heavenly Vein Realm and the Ning Yuan Realm, Shi Xuan's terrifying golden sword qi instantly slashed their fragile souls, and they didn't even scream, the sword move as fast as lightning quickly killed several people completely, and the golden glow God Destroying Slash was beginning to show its edge.
Shi Xuan searched their corpses and found several exercises and spiritual skills of the general level, Shi Xuan was not interested in the slightest, and threw them away directly, but a technique for refining essence blood caught his attention, although it was not a high-level exercise, but some of the methods of refining essence blood were worth studying, and he put it away, such exercises are good for improving the strength of the bloodline, and it can be regarded as having some value.
Shi Xuan haphazardly dragged their bodies into the ruined temple, and then fled quickly, if he let the soldiers defending the city surround him, he would not be able to escape.