Chapter Eighty-Six: The Army of the Dead

With the tension of the situation in Beicang, Lin Zixu and the others waited for a long time, and finally waited for reinforcements from the sect, Shi Xuan and his party finally arrived at the scheduled meeting and place after a long march.

Lin Zixu, Han Yunyi, and Yin Qianxi looked at the vast number of sect disciples, and they knew that this time it was almost the end of the elite, and it was imperative to succeed in Beicang's task.

Many brothers and sisters successfully met in the land of Beicang, and many brothers greeted each other, "All the brothers and sisters have come from afar, and you have worked hard, the current situation in Beicang is tense, and I hope you will cooperate more in the future", Lin Zixu said to all the brothers.

"We are all disciples of the sect, we are like brothers and sisters, as long as the senior brother tells us, we will definitely do it one by one," Shi Xuan said.

"Yes, as long as Senior Brother says a word, we will never give up", Su Cheng walked forward and said, and many disciples responded.

"With your words, I am relieved, in the next few days, we will wait for the arrival of the Divine Sword Valley and the Ranger, and then we will arrange the mission, you will set up camp in the next few days, and wait for the opportunity", Lin Zixu said.

"Listen to Senior Brother Lin's arrangement", Shi Xuan and his party set up camp under Lin Zixu's arrangement and stationed in Beicang. A few days later, the Ranger and the disciples of Excalibur Valley also arrived, and their support was all in place at this time.

Shi Xuan also met an old friend in the crowd who had not been seen for a long time, Chen Kaijia, the two of them had not seen each other for several years since they parted from Danyang City, Chen Kaijia entered the Divine Sword Valley to practice, and now he is also the top three newcomers in the Divine Sword Valley, and his strength is strong.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, Shi Xuan, your prestige has been mentioned by many people in our Divine Sword Valley, it seems that you have made great progress in the past few years", Chen Kaijia is now a lot more mature, tall and handsome.

"When I said goodbye, I missed it very much, I didn't think that we would meet again in this northern cang, we should reminisce about the past", Shi Xuan and Chen Kaijia walked on the grassland to talk about their respective experiences, and it is a happy thing to be able to see their best friends again.

"I heard that you have already come to Beicang to perform a mission before, and you still have a good performance?" asked Chen Kaijia.

"I just think that pure cultivation has not made much progress, and only in actual combat can a person's fighting spirit and potential be completely stimulated, and if you want to become stronger, you must keep fighting," Shi Xuan said.

"I knew that I would have followed the last operation, and at that time I was still practicing in the secret realm inside the sect, it was a pity that I missed that operation," Chen Kaijia said.

"It's not too late, Beicang is in a mess now, and there is a chance to make a move at any time," Shi Xuan said.

"I heard Senior Brother Yin Qianxi say, you have found Jiang Yuheng?" Chen Kaijia remembered the past.

"Senior Brother Jiang Heng is Jiang Yuheng, I also accidentally discovered this secret, and now he has known about it, and I have returned that exercise to him, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of his father's last wish", Shi Xuan said.

"I really didn't expect the Danyang Empire to become like this?" Chen Kaijia was a little sentimental.

"Your family is okay, now that the Danyang Empire is under high-pressure rule, presumably your family is not having a good time, right?" Shi Xuan said.

"Jiang Bingkun is completely crazy, today's Danyang Empire is smoky and famous, not to mention the common people, even a big family like us is trembling and lingering, with a lot of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the family has been sending the younger juniors out of the empire all these years, leaving only the members of the older generation to stick to the foundation of their ancestors," Chen Kaijia said.

"After we defeat Jiang Bingkun, we will definitely find a way to rebuild the order of the mainland, and then the world will definitely be recuperated," Shi Xuan said.

"Seeing my beloved country become like this, I have spurred myself on more than one occasion to work hard to clear the fog of the country and rebuild order," Chen Kaijia said.

"There will be a chance, as long as we master the mines in Beicang, Jiang Bingkun will definitely lose," Shi Xuan said.

"Let's hope so"...

Some of Shi Xuan's core disciples have heavy tasks, and they have to carry out some patrol or reconnaissance tasks every day, in order to ensure the smooth operation in the future, Lin Zixu has sent multiple batches of teams to probe the news of many parties.

This time, the imperial army approached the core of the Yakniu tribe, which attracted their attention, and Shi Xuan was also sent to investigate the situation of the tribe, and it was Zhao Zhuo, Zhong Ling and Han Yunxi who followed Shi Xuan, Han Yunxi and his brother were sent to reconnoiter the movements of the imperial army, so she took the initiative to apply to follow Shi Xuan and them to investigate.

"If you come out alone like this, aren't you afraid that your brother will come back and blame you?" Shi Xuan looked at Han Yunxi, who insisted on going.

"This is my own decision, I am so old and still need him to take care of me?" Han Yunxi said.

"Brother Han has always been strict with you, and I can see that he cares about you very much," Shi Xuan said.

"In his eyes, I will always be a little girl who doesn't grow up, and he has to call the shots in everything, but I don't listen to him this time", Han Yunxi complained a little.

"Well, since you insist on going, I won't stop you, I just hope that Brother Han won't blame us at that time," Shi Xuan said.

"If he dares to blame you, I'll beat him to see if he still dares?" Han Yunxi said.

"Okay", Shi Xuan was speechless when he looked at this girl who was about to beat her brother at every turn.

The goal of their trip has penetrated deep into the core area of the Yak Ox tribe, and they must be careful along the way, there is no shortage of strong shamans in the tribe, and if they encounter a powerful one, they may not be opponents.

This operation was led by Shi Xuan, and their purpose was only to reconnoiter the movements of the tribe and grasp the plan of their operation.

"Our operation this time is not for assassination, nor for plunder, but simply to spy on intelligence, everyone must not be reckless, if you really can't retreat, there will be no one here to save us," Shi Xuan said.

The four of them opened a previously seized map to find their way and quickly moved forward on the grassland. Someone had previously discovered that a large number of people and horses in the tribe had moved to an ancient ruin, and Lin Zixu had noticed some clues, hoping that Shi Xuan and them would be able to investigate it thoroughly.

Shi Xuan and the others prepared a set of costumes of the yak tribe to wear on their bodies, and rode the yak to walk on the grassland, if they didn't check carefully, they would be a few herdsmen of the yak tribe.

"The pasture here is really abundant, is it no wonder that so many fat cattle and sheep can be herded, and the grassland is not completely desolate?" Han Yunxi looked at the civilians grazing sporadically on the grassland, and sometimes he could see a huge herd of horses and sheep walking through the grassland.

"Every place has its own beautiful place, and even in a desolate place in the eyes of the Southern Empire, precious materials such as spirit saltpeter will be born," Shi Xuan said.

"The Danyang Empire is really damned, the civilians of the grassland have walked out of the war trauma of a hundred years ago for more than a hundred years, and now they have once again destroyed the peace of the grassland", Zhong Ling took a horse whip and drove the yak forward, not a sight.

"Even without the Northern Expedition of the Danyang Empire, in a few years, many royal families here will also start a war again, and they have never forgotten the glory brought by Mengtian Khan in their bones, and this war is just ahead of schedule," Zhao Zhuo said.

"That's right, as long as those top-level rulers don't give up their determination to dominate, the grassland will never be truly peaceful," Shi Xuan said.

The four figures rode the yak all the way towards the target area, and at this time, in the dark place, a large number of tribal shamans gathered here, they built a huge altar, and countless warriors recruited countless cattle, sheep and livestock gathered here to prepare for a huge sacrifice ceremony.

At the same time, the rangers led by Han Yunyi secretly followed the imperial army all the way north to surround the core of the tribe, and Li Junxian wanted to crush their coalition army at once.

"Report to the High Priest, our war eagles have detected the enemy's advance army, and the follow-up troops are coming in a steady stream from many directions", a scout reported to the High Priest Hulan Ruoyu.

"Keep an eye on them and report to me," said the High Priest.

"Our altar is almost ready, and now a large number of sacrifices have been escorted over, ready for the sacrifice ceremony," said the subordinate who hit yes.

"Tomorrow, what a good opportunity, we will gather all the shamans to carry out this biggest sacrifice in a hundred years, this time it is destined to let us master countless armies of the dead, I am sure these Nanban will definitely like it", Hulan Ruoyu said.

Shi Xuan and the four of them quietly approached this gloomy place, and as soon as they arrived, Shi Xuan's sensitive soul sensed an indescribable necromantic aura, which was only possible for a dark place with countless bones to exude such a powerful necromantic aura.

Zhong Ling and Han Yunxi were a little unnatural in an instant, the atmosphere here made them very uncomfortable, and Han Yunxi even regretted coming here a little.

"Don't be afraid, your light spirit technique is very restrained by the dark souls born in these places, fear is the biggest threat", Shi Xuan looked at Han Yunxi with a somewhat frightened look and said.

"Have there been many deaths here?" asked Han Yunxi.

"With such a huge necromantic aura, it is only possible to give birth to such a strong resentment in a place where countless bones are buried," Shi Xuan said.

"We've seen a lot of barbarians transport a large number of livestock here, and we don't know what to do?" Zhao Zhuo was puzzled.

"It's not easy, let's be careful, I hope we can get any useful information", Shi Xuan led a few people to move forward again.

Now that it's night, the surrounding environment has become eerie and terrifying, and they have even encountered a lot of ghosts, they are all ghosts who died on the battlefield in distant times, and the yin qi is extremely strong at this time, and there are a lot of yin spirits haunting.

"I feel like I'm getting closer, everyone pay attention to concealment," Shi Xuan said.

"You see a lot of livestock, and what is that huge formation used for?" Han Yunxi looked at the countless busy figures in the distance.

"This is an altar, this is an altar for barbarian sacrifices, but I have never seen such a big one", Shi Xuan was also surprised.

"Could it be that these days are some important sacrificial festivals for them?" Zhong Ling asked.

"It's unlikely, this is a military camp, it's not that simple, sacrificing so many animals at one time can't be a sacrifice for the festival," Shi Xuan said.

"Yes, now Li Junxian's army is not far away, and these cattle are important supplies, so they can't squander them like this," Zhao Zhuo said.

"Their barbarian shaman knows a kind of spiritualism that summons ancient yin spirits, and can summon the souls of ancestors to fight, which is very weird, is this an unprecedented summoning ceremony?" Shi Xuan instantly thought of this possibility in combination with the gloomy environment around him.

"Are you saying that they are going to use this altar to summon ancient Yin Spirits to form an army of undead to fight?" Han Yunxi was dumbfounded.

"This is also crazy, such a huge summoning ceremony, no wonder so many sacrifices and shamans are needed to participate", Zhao Zhuo also thought of it.

"It seems that the shamans of the steppe tribes really have extraordinary means, no wonder they are not afraid of the arcane of the empire**, it turns out that there are such methods", Zhong Ling also felt strange.

"A vast army of the dead, it feels terrible to think about, such a dark soul, the legs of ordinary soldiers have long been frightened and weakened," Zhao Zhuo said.

"This kind of necromancy, although it is not likable, but I have to say that it will have a huge effect in the future, if we can learn one or two, we will also have a chance to turn defeat into victory in a dark place in the future", Shi Xuan had a whim.

"It's difficult, the others are okay, Shi Xuan, your true fire is very restrained by the Yin Spirit, it is very difficult to summon the army of the dead, it is okay to enslave some low-level souls through powerful souls, and if you want to control such a large number of undead, your aura is not allowed", Zhong Ling said.

"Although my aura is not suitable for practicing necromancy, it is also possible to find a cracking method from their methods, and if I fight against them at that time, I can disintegrate their witchcraft, and I can also turn defeat into victory", Shi Xuan successfully dismantled the high priest's necromancy in the Aquila Canyon, and he was confident.

After a busy midnight, all the priests finally finished arranging the altar, and the priests who wanted took their places, ready to work together to urge the altar.

High priest Hulan Ruo carefully inspected many links, this time the stakes are very high, he dare not be careless, this sacrifice must be successful, otherwise his warriors can only die in vain in the face of the steel torrent of the empire.

"The High Priest is ready, it's time to start the rituals," someone reported.

"I'm presiding over the core of the carbon deposit, and all your priests will work together to help me move the Storm Altar, and our gods will surely bless us," the High Priest shouted, and then stood in front of the altar to prepare for the sacrifice.

The High Priest and all the other priests began to chant the ancient incantation, and the huge altar runes cooled one after another, and one after another mysterious sermons spread in all directions, and countless sacrifices were trapped by the formations.

"Great god, your servant has brought you a delicious sacrifice, and your humble servant prays for your blessings and gifts", the high priest sealed his hands, and the spiritual light instantly activated the altar, and a terrifying yin wind blew up in the dark place in an instant, forming countless to huge tornadoes.

The wind and thunder were raging in the sky above the altar, the wind was howling, and the terrifying thunder light directly turned countless animals into powder, and these sacrifices formed a stream of spiritual energy towards the altar under the indiscriminate bombardment of the thunderstorm.

Many spirit masters shot together, casting their ancient necromancy, the energy of the Storm Altar skyrocketed, and under their control, thunder and light hit the ground, and ravines spread out from the altar in all directions, and countless undead ghosts continued to emerge from the ground.

Shi Xuan and the four of them were directly dumbfounded, and a huge ravine spread out around them, and many dark souls floated out.

"What should I do, it's terrible," Han Yunxi said with a short breath.

"Use the Shadow Talisman quickly", the Shadow Talisman that Shi Xuan had prepared earlier finally came in handy.

The four of them disappeared into the shadows in an instant, quietly dodging the many yin winds and ravines.

The Storm Altar had no intention of stopping, the spreading ravine reached into the distance, countless Yin Spirits were heading towards the altar, Shi Xuan sensitively captured a mysterious spell, extremely ancient and mysterious, Shi Xuan quietly wrote it down, he hoped it would be useful in the future.

As the Yin Spirits gathered, the High Priest and many of the shamans worked harder. Streams of spiritual light poured into the Storm Altar, and Yin spirits continued to respond to their call.

At this time, the earth began to roll continuously, and a skeleton with white bones crawled out of the ground, and they marched towards the altar with their teeth and claws, this is the army of skeletons.

Shi Xuan had encountered an army of undead once or twice from time to time, but the summoning of such a scale really subverted his cognition, and there were many powerful existences among these undead, even Shi Xuan's true fire might not be able to resist it.

The four of them didn't dare to come out, carefully avoiding the gathering of many undead, the high priest looked at the vast number of undead and smiled, this sacrifice, the gods were quite satisfied, and gave them great strength, which made the altar able to exert such great power.

"How many undead are there, I can't see the head at a glance", Han Yunxi's heart fluttered.

"Anyway, it's enough for the imperial army to drink a pot, and in the face of so many undead, the imperial soldiers will probably be so scared that they pee their pants", Zhao Zhuo also had high blood pressure.

"Could it be that there really are gods and spirits in this world?, otherwise, how could these people perform such a huge summoning technique?" Shi Xuan was puzzled.

"How many secrets are there in this world, just like these dry bones buried in the ground, when they are not summoned, who will know the horror here?" Han Yunxi stared at the altar in the distance.

Unlike the ancient armies of the Horde of the Dead, the Imperial armies in the south were in stark contrast, with well-armoured, sharp-speared and shielded armies, and well-trained armies that were so strong that the four empires were defenseless against their attacks.

Now equipped with the world's most brutal arcane **, used together with heavy projection equipment, it is simply a nightmare for the enemy, where the corpses are mountains and sea of blood, these days, the barbarian warriors have tasted all the hardships, although they have launched many surprise attacks, which have had a certain effect, but the rout of the frontal battlefield is difficult to resist.

Li Junxian divided his troops into multiple roads and encircled the iron wall, launched the final siege and slaughter of the Beicang coalition army, forcing them to carry out the final decisive battle.

At this moment, the imperial army advanced overnight, and Li Junxian's army was already ready to be closed like a big net.

Several rangers led by Han Yunyi passed on the military movements of the empire to Lin Zixu and them in the distance, and continued to keep an eye on their next move.

On the battlefield, hundreds of trebuchets and heavy crossbow arrows rumbled forward under the pull of soldiers and dragon horses, and could be heard from far away in the grassland.

"Before dawn, our multi-way army will be able to reach the core position of the Beicang army, and when the time comes, we will definitely be able to wipe them out in one fell swoop," said Xiao Han, the military advisor.

"They are proficient in the art of summoning the undead, and our spirit master troops must find a way to suppress their undead, otherwise our soldiers will be disheartened, and the war will become very difficult", Li Junxian remembers the last undead attack vividly.

"There is not much difference between the number of their shamans and the amount of our spirit masters, no one has summoned some a few times, and there are not many numbers, the last time they used it for the first time, our soldiers would be careless for a while, this time with preparation, we don't have to worry", Xiao Han said.

"Hopefully, order the army to continue advancing," commanded Li Junxian.

The Storm Altar lasted for a long time, until many of the priests were not spiritually strong, and finally stopped summoning, at this time the undead were already standing all over the vast land, and they let out a dark roar, which was very terrifying, and the high priest looked at the countless dry bones and remains, and his confidence reached the extreme.

"We'll find an opportunity to send the information back and continue to follow it," Shi Xuan said.

The High Priest and many shamans led the vast army of the dead to the distant defensive position, where countless barbarian warriors were guarding, and the imperial army was quietly approaching at this moment.

The morning light rose slightly, and after a night of deployment, the two sides began a confrontation, and the imperial army arrived at the predetermined position one after another, waiting for Li Junxian's attack order at any time.

At this time, the high priest also controlled countless armies of the dead to kill, and in the rear of the imperial army, many sappers quickly assembled heavy offensive weapons, rows of heavy ballistas were installed, and huge arcane ** was placed on catapults, waiting for an attack at any time.

"General, it's almost time for the order to attack," said the strategist.

"Order catapults and heavy ballistas to blast a hole in me and let them feel our wrath," said Lee, drawing his sword and pointing forward.

Several huge war drums in the rear were beaten by Hercules, countless horns sounded one after another, and the army started in an instant.

As a new weapon of the Empire, this time it will shine, and the Arcane ** the size of a watermelon was thrown by catapults to the defensive positions that were satisfied, and the heavy ballistas were fired in rows towards the Beicang position.

Many barbarian soldiers could only rely on simple fortifications to dodge, and the terrifying explosion instantly flooded the entire position, many warriors instantly lost their bones, the battlefield turned into a sea of fire, and countless barbarian warriors wailed all over the field.

The wolf cavalry in the rear charged forward fearlessly, and the archers of the empire fired arrows like meteors, and swaths of barbarian warriors fell.

Just when the position was torn apart in an instant, everyone felt panic, and the sky full of ghosts floated from all sides of the position, and a white skeleton behind them charged violently.

The legs of the heavily armored shield warriors of the empire's forward defense were frightened, and in the face of the undead who covered the sky and the sun, many people lost their armor and fled, and in the face of such undead, ordinary soldiers were already frightened, and their defenses were torn apart in an instant.

"What's the matter with these undead? Why are there so many, quickly mobilize the spirit division troops to destroy the undead and protect the safety of catapults and ballistas", Li Junxian looked at the countless undead and was directly stunned, and the military advisor Xiao Han's heart was cold.

The terrifying ** fell on the battlefield, and a large number of dry bones and wreckage turned into ashes, but more dry bones are coming.

The vanguard of the undead has torn through the front row of the Empire's defenses, the Imperial soldiers have engaged them head-on, and the spirit masters are all in battle, their spiritual power can effectively deal with these undead, and the soldiers' spears are useless against these undead.

"Our ** can kill these undead, even if we do everything we can, we have to stop them", Li Junxian saw the undead souls who fell under the arcane **, and they were powerless in the face of the arcane **.

Countless ** please write on the battlefield, pieces of fire are lit up, and large pieces of undead and barbarian warriors are flying flesh and blood.

The number of spirit masters in the empire is small, and it is losing ground in the face of a vast number of undead.

The High Priest looked at the army of the dead who were charging valiantly from the rear, and was very satisfied, they effectively consumed a large amount of the Empire's arcane**, and at the same time played a good battlefield suppression.