Chapter 897: Heaven's Curse Strikes in the Great War
Listening to Yan Hongzheng's words, Long Chengyuan was silent.
However, he didn't regret it in his heart, after all, this was also a decision he made after careful consideration, and he had expected the consequences, but in his opinion, as long as Long Xiao Kingdom could dominate the outer heavens, it would be worth paying a big price.
Of course, it was impossible for him to say this kind of thing in front of Yan Hongzheng.
He didn't speak, Yan Hongzheng could probably understand his thoughts, so he said:
"Anyway, now that we are standing here, it doesn't matter what the consequences are, since we have decided that there is no turning back, then we will try our best to fight for the greatest interests."
"When the damnation comes, there is not much hope that those who are not high in cultivation will survive anyway, so let them play a greater role before they die."
"I hope that both the Demon Realm and the Western Rain Kingdom can contact their corresponding forces to come over and fight here, so that our warriors would rather die in battle than die in the curse."
When the two were talking, the battle in Tianmen Mountain had already entered the white heat, the number of people sent out by Yan Hongzheng was not large, and the cultivation was not very high, and there were many monks in the Demon Realm itself, among them, there were masters who had successfully crossed the tribulation, both the Earth Immortal level and the Heavenly Immortal level, but more of them were in the Tribulation Period.
The rhythm of the battle was in the hands of Zhou Shan's army of monks, some people fought in close combat, and some people fought remotely with flying swords, but they were all relatively restrained and did not really give it a go.
After a day of adjustment, Ye Wuyue had already asked the ordinary army and palace guards to escort the Demon Venerable Qu Yunyang and Princess Qu Lingfei and others from Tianmen Mountain in the direction of the Demon Realm, and now the people guarding here are all masters, just to win more time for the retreat ahead.
Two hours later, the masters of the Demon Realm began to fight and retreat, and they also began to slowly leave in the direction of the Demon Realm.
The Demon Realm retreated, and the army of monks in Zhou Mountain pressed forward step by step, chasing after them.
By the time it got dark, the two sides had already crossed Tianmen Mountain and retreated about sixty miles in the direction of the Demon Realm.
The 2,000 monks of the Demon Realm suffered nearly 200 casualties, and the monk army of Zhou Mountain only suffered more than 20 casualties, a casualty ratio of 1:10.
This is all because Yan Hongzheng is not a real master who sent out the battle, otherwise, it would be possible to achieve zero casualties and quickly eliminate the demon realm is five hundred monk army.
When it got dark, both sides temporarily ceased fighting, and each set up camp to rest first.
In the middle of the night, the Demon Realm military camp ushered in a special army, as Yan Hongzheng wished, and the monk army of Wanxiu Mountain also came.
They came with three thousand people, and the commander was an old man in his fifties, white-faced and beardless, slightly thin, his name was Cao Yucang, and he was also a cultivator in the realm of Da Luo Jin Immortal, and Yan Hongzheng was in the middle of the world.
The number of people is slightly smaller, but his team is also all masters above the Tribulation Period.
Among the Nine Great Immortal Mountains, Wanxiu Mountain's strength was already worse than Zhou Shan's, and their arrival was not to defeat Zhou Shan's army, but to defend the Demon Realm from extinction.
Accompanying the army of Wanxiu Mountain monks was Qu Linghao, the prince of the Demon Realm.
Outside the Demon Realm camp, Ye Wuyue and Tang Luo didn't know whether to be surprised or helpless in the face of this suddenly arrived team.
Ye Wuyue looked at Qu Linghao and said coldly:
"I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to have the courage to come back!"
Qu Linghao replied with a guilty face:
"I did make a big mistake before, but after calming down during this time, I also figured it out, this time, I was deceived by Long Chengyuan of Long Xiao Kingdom, bewitched by him, and I was confused for a while, so I made an unforgivable mistake."
"Knowing that my father has not woken up yet, and the Longxiao Kingdom has activated the army of monks in Zhou Mountain, the situation of our Demon Realm is critical, I don't want to watch the Demon Realm be defeated by them like this, so I asked Wanxiu Mountain for help, hoping to make up for it and save the crisis of the Demon Realm."
Ye Wuyue and Tang Luo exchanged glances with each other, and then Ye Wuyue spoke:
"According to the law, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now a guilty person, we can't let you in, if there are conditions, we should even imprison you, I don't know what Your Highness thinks?"
Qu Linghao didn't seem surprised that he had been prepared, he stretched out his hands and said:
"I am indeed a sinner, and you don't have to feel embarrassed, just arrest me and hold me until my father comes to his senses, and then he will send me down."
"Now I have figured out that if the Demon Realm is destroyed, sooner or later I will fall into the same fate as Wu Changkong, so it is better to let my father and emperor fall, it is a big deal to apologize for the crime with death, and it can be regarded as a well-deserved death."
Ye Wuyue did not hesitate, and immediately sent someone to tie up Qu Linghao and detain him in a temporary prison in the military camp.
After his subordinates escorted Qu Linghao away, Ye Wuyue and Tang Luo saluted Cao Yucang and said:
"See Commander Cao, thank you for coming to support!"
Cao Yucang replied indifferently:
"You're welcome, we're just acting on orders, it's said that Zhou Shan is Yan Hongzheng led five thousand people to come, and we only have three thousand, it's basically impossible to defeat them, if it's properly armed, it's just barely able to protect ourselves."
Ye Wuyue replied respectfully:
"That's enough, as long as we wait until they suffer their damnation, we will have a chance to win."
After speaking, he invited:
Commander Cao, please, we speak in the barracks.
After entering the barracks, Cao Yucang introduced a middle-aged scribe beside him to Ye Wuyue:
"This is my Wanxiu Mountain's doctor Xue Wenkang, because I know that your Demon Venerable is in a coma due to injury, so I specially came over to help check it, you can let him take him over to have a look!"
Night Wuyue clasped his fists and saluted:
"Then there is Dr. Lao Xue, let General Tang take you over to check!"
Tang Luo's face also showed a look full of expectation, the doctor from Wanxiu Mountain, his medical skills must be much stronger than here! If he could wake up the Demon Venerable in advance, it would be a huge surprise for the Demon Realm, because he was the real soul of the Demon Realm.
Ye Wuyue stayed behind to introduce the current war situation to Cao Yucang, while Tang Luo took Doctor Xue to check on the Demon Venerable's injuries.
Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Yan Hongzheng, accompanied by Long Chengyuan, led the army of monks from Zhoushan to rush over.
There were still about 800 meters away from the Demon Realm camp, and Yan Hongzheng saw Cao Yucang from a distance, and he immediately laughed and said:
"Haha...... Commander Cao, I didn't expect us to meet here, I've been waiting for a long time! ”
Cao Yucang replied calmly:
"I didn't expect you to come here at the risk of being punished by heaven's wrath, but you have already missed the best time to attack, and now it is not so easy to destroy the Demon Realm!"
Yan Hongzheng replied indifferently:
"I'm afraid that if you don't come, I will leave them a glimmer of life, since you have arrived, then let's have a good fight!"
Cao Yucang said indifferently:
"I know what you mean, but I just want to pull a few more cushions before the damnation comes!"
"Since it's all involuntarily, let's come!"
Yan Hongzheng said with a fighting spirit:
"In the battle of Nine Immortal Mountain, you have never defeated me, here, you are still not my opponent, then I will give you a ride before the damnation comes!"
After speaking, he ordered an attack, and he also flew up and personally attacked Cao Yucang.
The battle was about to break out, and the army of Zhoushan monks and the one thousand people who were replenished by Longxiao Kingdom, a total of six thousand people, and the Demon Realm had more than four thousand eight hundred, in addition to the three thousand people in Wanxiu Mountain, there were also the remaining one thousand eight hundred people before the Demon Realm, and in terms of numbers and combat effectiveness, they were slightly inferior.
It is far away from Tianmen Pass, the terrain is flat, the battlefield is relatively open, and a soldier-to-soldier battle will unfold in an instant.
Cao Yucang faced Yan Hongzheng without fear, and the others chose their opponents and began to fight fiercely.
This time, both sides have no reservations, and the battle scenes are very dazzling and exciting, of course, it can also be said to be very tragic.
In order to avoid harming the innocent, Cao Yucang deliberately took people away from the location of the barracks.
Zhou Shan's strength is stronger after all, so as soon as the war started, it caused great casualties to Wanxiu Mountain and the army of monks in the Demon Realm, in just an hour or so, the people of the Demon Realm and Wanxiu Mountain suffered five or six hundred casualties, while the people of Zhou Shan and Longxiao Kingdom only suffered more than a hundred casualties.
Two hours later, the combined forces of the Demon Realm and Wanxiu Mountain had suffered more than 1,000 casualties, while the combined forces of Zhou Shan and Longxiao Kingdom had suffered more than 500 casualties.
After five hours of hard fighting, the Demon Realm has suffered more than 3,000 casualties, while the Longxiao Kingdom has suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, and most of the people killed in the battle are masters of the Tribulation Period.
At this time, the sunset had already set in the west, the slanting sun was shining in the evening, and the golden sunlight was sprinkled on the messy battlefield, only to see a bright red color everywhere, and there were many people who died in battle lying on the ground.
Both sides had no intention of withdrawing their troops, Yan Hongzheng seemed to want to destroy all the cultivators and masters of Wanxiu Mountain and the Demon Realm in one fell swoop, in that case, even if the curse came, the price they paid would be worth it.
However, it seems that God no longer wants to give Yan Hongzheng such time.
Before the sun set, the sky was suddenly overcast, and the black clouds that covered the sky and the sun blocked almost all the light, and the whole world fell into darkness in an instant.
The curse finally came as scheduled, and the battle between Yan Hongzheng and Cao Yucang was still evenly matched.
All the monks in Zhou Mountain wanted to take advantage of this last moment to kill one more, so they all displayed their life's mastery and launched the fiercest battle.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning swept through the sky, instantly illuminating the entire heavens and the earth.
"Boom ......"
A deafening thunder followed, as if it had struck everyone's heart, and people couldn't help but feel palpitations.
Especially those people who came from Zhou Shan, they knew that this time the curse was aimed at them, and in the process of this curse, they didn't know how many people would survive!