At the South Pass of the Bottle, hundreds of huge shadows appeared in the flames, and a roar tore apart the raging flames, revealing the figures inside.

It was a big snake with a head and body that was fifteen or sixteen zhang thick and three hundred zhang long, and the snake letters that kept swallowing were three zhang long, and each big snake's body was densely covered with various colored markings, and the colorful scales were shining in the sunlight, and it looked like there was an obsessive beauty.

Those big snakes just looked at the Yeyue Army on the other side and didn't move, but there was a strong contempt in their eyes, Nan Guoyan had never seen such a scene, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but they quickly reacted and ordered in a low voice: "All be on guard, don't take action yet!" ”

There was a moment of silence on the battlefield, however, with a sizzle that seemed not to be loud, but it could be clearly heard in the ears, those big snakes moved, looked up to the sky and roared, and then flew towards the military formation of the Yeyue Army like arrows, leaving a trace on the ground everywhere they passed, and as for flying sand and rocks, it was no longer enough to describe the scene at this time. Even the barbarians standing in the rear couldn't help but hold up the True Yuan Shield to block the "storm" that was coming!

Boom boom, the tower shield was fiercely pierced into the earth, the earthy yellow halo on the shield surface was circulating, and it was also mixed with the golden brilliance, the layers of tower shields formed a seemingly unbreakable "city wall", rows of sharp spears pierced out from the holes of the tower shield, turning the city wall into a terrifying nail board, as long as the person who hit it, he would inevitably be pierced through the heart!

Even so, Nan Guoyan was still not at ease, and immediately issued another order, and then, more than 100 people in the Yeyue Army flew into the air, standing in the air above the Yeyue Army, and a cloud of brilliance was condensed in his hands, and it seemed that he was ready to shoot at any time.

The next moment, the rumbling sound was like a hundred-ton bomb exploding at the same time, if you didn't use the protection of Zhenyuan, I'm afraid that the eardrum would be directly shattered! Immediately afterwards, the roar of the big snake and the screams of the soldiers mixed out, and a large number of soldiers spurted blood and flew into the crowd, causing a crowd to exclaim, but the shield wall that looked extremely strong appeared under this collision There were countless gaps, and the formation of the entire Yeyue Army instantly became a little messy.

Look at those big snakes again, they just have some small white dots on their scales, and there are no injuries on their bodies, and the spears of the horn-level human level have not been able to break through the defense of their scales! And the power of that collision, I'm afraid that even the martial artists who have returned to the Xuan Yan Realm are very difficult to resist, not to mention these soldiers around the Tai Chi Realm.

The big snake did not continue to rush, but opened its mouth, and a mouthful of intense dark green gas erupted, enveloping a space of twenty zhang, and all the soldiers who did not have time to retreat were dipped in the poisonous gas, and the Zhenyuan shield immediately collapsed, and then fell to the ground without resistance, struggling in pain, and after about a few breaths, it turned into a puddle of pus and eroded the ground.

Nan Guo Yan was shocked when he saw this, and said secretly: "Those little demon beasts that were originally only three or four levels actually skyrocketed in strength in an instant after devouring their companions, reaching the strength of seven or eight level demon beasts, and their strength is amazing, as well as that terrifying toxin attack, this time, it is difficult for ordinary military formations to deal with them." ”

Then he ordered: "The army is slowly retreating, generals, attack!" ”

Although one or two thousand people were killed by those big snakes at once, the Yeyue army quickly calmed down from the panic, and according to the order, the army retreated in an orderly manner to avoid head-on confrontation with those big snakes, and at the same time, those people in mid-air shot their accumulated attacks towards the big snake.

There was another rumbling explosion, and all kinds of brilliance wrapped those big snakes that were roaring with their heads up, and the dazzling light obscured people's vision, and only bursts of painful roars could be heard from it, and the brilliance dissipated, and all the Yeyue troops couldn't help but be stunned.

Those big snakes did look very miserable, bleeding nonstop, countless wounds, some even fell off a large scale, even the snake bones could be clearly seen, however, they did not die, only a few fell to the ground with weak appearance, while the others were still standing upright, their muscles were wriggling, and they were slowly recovering from their injuries.

At this moment, a whining sound sounded in the barbarian army, which seemed to be some kind of spell, and then dozens of bright yellow beams full of vitality shot directly into the body of the big snake, and then refracted to the bodies of other big snakes, so four or five times, the three hundred big snakes were taken care of.

Those big snakes who were taken care of by the beam of light, their injuries were actually recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even the few heads that fell to the ground slowly stood upright!

"Damn, it's the Divine Healing Wave, the defense of these big snakes is already very perverted, if you add the Divine Healing Wave, they can basically be counted as immortal, our way of playing, it's too passive, the army retreats, and the battlefield can't be arranged here!" Nan Guoyan decisively ordered.

With the order given, the Yeyue Army slowly retreated towards the mouth of the valley, however, at this moment, a sharp whistle came from the rear of the barbarian army, and the sound fluctuated several times, and suddenly, the entire barbarian army screamed, and then marched towards the Yeyue Army quickly, and the man with the color on his face also blew a different flute, and the Nine Colored Poison Emperor hissed, and those big snakes rushed towards the Yeyue Army furiously.

Seeing this situation, Nan Guoyan was not flustered, and ordered the masters in the air to attack, while the army on the ground continued to retreat, the big snake's attack was blocked, and he opened his mouth to spit out a large area of poisonous gas, and a strong wind suddenly blew in the Yeyue army, blowing those poisonous gases backwards, and the big snake seemed to be crazy, and ignored the attack in the air at all, so he relied on his strong body and the treatment in the rear to resist, and the giant tail flicked and whipped towards the army.

In the booming explosion, the tower shield shattered, the soldiers flew sideways, and in the blink of an eye, the Yeyue Army lost hundreds of people, but this time, the attack in the air was much more violent, and more than a dozen large snakes that were already seriously injured were killed, however, the next moment, those corpses were devoured by their companions, and after a painful roar, more than a dozen larger snakes appeared!

Pei Yan watched all this with clairvoyance from a distance, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I really didn't expect that these Southern Barbarians really have a set, and now there are more than ten big snakes that are close to the ninth level demon beasts, with their perverted defensive power, I'm afraid it will be difficult for ordinary Nai He Realm powerhouses to kill them, this time, see how Nan Guo Yan responds!" ”

Ziyun still had a disdainful expression, and said: "The left way of the side door, it is useless, can those snakes of theirs evolve to the level of spirit beasts, hmph, in the end, it is just a small path, and this seat can be cut with a sword." ”

Pei Yan shook his head, he was already speechless at this woman, he turned his head and didn't want to talk to her anymore, but he didn't expect Ziyun to speak at this time: "Do you think these Southern Barbarians can defeat Nan Guoyan and her Yeyue Army?" ”

Pei Yan didn't want to answer this question, but thinking of the identity of the other party, he said patiently: "How is it possible, Nan Guoyan is also one of the nine generals in any way, don't look at her now, she seems to have suffered a loss, it was just caught off guard by these novelties, but even so, you look at her army, there is still a degree of advance and retreat, there is no panic at all, and her response to the current situation is also the best way, there are almost no superfluous actions, once she stabilizes, That's when these southern barbarians will suffer. ”

Hearing this, Zi Yun sneered and said: "I know that these Southern Barbarians are not reliable at all, and in the end we have to rely on ourselves, and I don't know why you have to spend so much effort to find any holy worms for them, and as a result, three masters of the Reincarnation Realm and dozens of elite disciples died, but they have not been found, and in the end, the sect paid a lot of price to get it." ”

Speaking of this, she frowned and continued: "If you want me to say, it's better for us to attack this bottle of Nanguan directly, maybe we won't need such a big price." ”

Pei Yan didn't say anything more, turned his head and continued to observe the changes in the battle situation, but he secretly said in his heart: "If you say it, I'm afraid that our Nanhua Sect would have been wiped out a long time ago, do you think that the big city protection array looks like it was broken by the barbarian army in a few clicks, if we come, I'm afraid we won't want to break the formation in a month, if you want to defeat Nan Guo Yan, it's just a fool's dream, hum, women have long hair and short knowledge!" ”

On the other side, the Yeyue Army had withdrawn for more than ten miles, and hundreds of big snakes had also been killed, but it had also given birth to more than a hundred big snakes that were close to the ninth level, and the body that was nearly a circle thicker than before, it gave people a great pressure, even these veterans who had been in battle for a long time felt a little creepy.

The barbarian army was following at a distance of five miles behind the big snake, maybe this was a safe distance between them and the big snake, seeing that dozens of big snakes were killed, and then devoured, the man with the color on his face finally was not calm, and shouted for a while, dozens of people in the barbarian army suddenly rose into the air and flew forward, and there was a strange chant in the barbarian army, and after a while, the one hundred and fifty big snakes in front of them were all glowing with red light, and it looked like a blood flame was burning on the body! Immediately after, their bodies grew again, and a pair of snake eyes turned red as blood, and with a violent roar, they brought up a strong wind that could almost blow a person away, and rushed towards the Yeyue Army formation like lightning.

Seeing this, the masters in the sky wanted to intercept it, however, at this time, some of the people in the barbarian army who flew up were skull staff fingers, croaking and screaming, and suddenly, the bodies of the masters of the Yeyue Army were wrapped with several circles of dark aura, and in an instant, these people felt that their movements were sluggish, their reactions were slow, their bodies were heavy, and even the true yuan, energy and physical strength were slowly passing away.

Immediately afterwards, some of the other people in the barbarian army waved their staffs, but in the blink of an eye, there were ice picks in the sky, large thunderbolts, countless vines, violent poisonous rain and other attacks fell towards those masters of the Yeyue Army, looking at the might, it was clear that they wanted to destroy all these people with one blow!

At this moment, a cold snort came from the Yeyue Army, but there was no one in sight, only to see a holy white light flashing above the heads of those who were controlled by witchcraft, and then, the dark aura on their bodies suddenly disappeared, and everything returned to normal; At the same time, above everyone's heads, a huge mountain peak phantom appeared, and in the rumbling sound, all the laws and decisions from the barbarian army fell on the mountain peak phantom, although it made it tremble, but it was never broken, and it was forced to give everyone these dozens of attacks before slowly dissipating.

Ziyun in the distance couldn't help but exclaim when she saw this scene: "It's amazing! There are high-level Divine Blessing Masters in the Yeyue Army, and the previous white light should be a purification technique, which can purify all negative states, looking at that power, the person who cast the spell before is at least a cultivator of the reincarnation realm! ”

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment and continued: "In addition, there should be a very powerful Dharma cultivator in the Yeyue Army, the mountain peak phantom just now is the mountain shadow wall of the Dharma Cultivator, and it can actually inflict so many attacks, then it should be at least ten reincarnation realm law cultivators or two Life and Death Realm law cultivators to do so, with such strength, wouldn't it be very simple to destroy these Southern Barbarians, but why did Nan Guo Yan sacrifice so much, and consume with these Southern Barbarians?" ”

Looking at her excited expression, Pei Yan actually felt a little funny, a woman who has always regarded herself very highly, arrogant and indifferent, when she suddenly saw someone more powerful than herself, the expression after her state of mind was instantly broken can indeed make people feel a sense of pleasure with a bad breath.

Some psychopaths admired Ziyun's current appearance for a while, Pei Yan finally didn't turn into a beast, and comforted him: "Okay, Elder Ziyun, you don't want to think about it, it is a little embodiment of the hundreds of thousands of years of the Nanguo family, there is nothing strange about it, Nan Guo Yan is the only general of the Nanguo family, how can they not be regarded as baby bumps, it is not strange at all that she has such a power in her army, you are only more than eight hundred years old, you are already the current cultivator, and you are not inferior to those people in the Nanguo family." , why bother to be presumptuous. ”

Hearing this, Zi Yun took a long breath, slowly closed her eyes, and after a while, she regained her previous cold arrogance, looked at Pei Yan and nodded slightly, but she didn't let go of any more wild words, seeing Zi Yun recover her mood so quickly, Pei Yan couldn't help but praise it in his heart, "It is worthy of the name of genius, and it is probably not impossible to recover so quickly in the face of a blow, and it is probably not impossible to achieve a virtual realm!" ”

After a while, Ziyun spoke: "However, I still can't figure it out, since Nan Guo Yan has such a strong strength, why did she give up the bottle Nanguan, why didn't she ask those masters to make a move in the valley before, and she still had to pay such a big price, does she like to watch the scene of killing?" ”

Hearing that Ziyun's tone was not as unacceptable as before, Pei Yan's mood seemed to be much better, and he explained while observing the changes in the battle situation with clairvoyance: "Fighting a war is not a competition, as long as you suppress the opponent with absolute strength, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible, Nan Guoyan knows this well, so before she understands the strength and means of the barbarian army, she will never use her hole cards at will." ”

Zi Yun nodded when she heard this, then shook her head again, and said: "However, the strength of the barbarian army is very clear, just two great wizards with the strength of the Life and Death Realm, a dozen or so sorcerers with the strength of the Reincarnation Realm, and the rest are a bunch of miscellaneous, like beast masters or something, although it seems like a lot and complicated, but in fact, it is not a big deal, under the crushing of absolute strength, it will not take much time to defeat them all!" ”

Pei Yan didn't reply: "We know this information, but Nan Guoyan doesn't know, and this is also her first contact with a large-scale barbarian army, if you want to know more information, you have to pay something, not to mention how can Elder Ziyun be sure that what we know is all the barbarian army, for example, the methods of those big snakes before are what we don't know, and the Nine Colored Poison Emperor, what kind of strength does we don't know, and there are some other weird methods, It's also something we don't know, which is why we use these barbarian armies to deal with Nan Guoyan's truest purpose. ”

Just between the two conversations, the battle between the two sides started again, in the air, the masters of the Yeyue Army rushed towards the barbarian masters, due to the continuous effect of the purification technique, in the next period of time, these people will no longer be restrained by witchcraft, however, the barbarian masters are not fools, they don't fight hard with these masters at all, distance themselves from them, and bombard them with various spells, for a while, let these masters who have no long-range means extremely aggrieved.

On the ground, without the blows of the masters, one hundred and fifty big snakes roared as if they had escaped from the trapped cage, and rushed to the front of the Yeyue Army's shield array with the attack of the heavenly spell, and with a violent impact, the tower shield shattered, the flesh exploded, the screams continued, and the wails were endless!

In just a quarter of an hour, tens of thousands of people died under the attack of these big snakes, but in the face of such a scene, Nan Guo Yan's face remained unchanged, and the commander's troops slowly retreated, and soon came to the mouth of the valley.

In the air, the masters of the Yeyue Army were beaten very embarrassed, you have a thousand abilities, but you can't touch anyone at all, it is all empty, at this time, there was a cold snort in the Yeyue Army, and a colorful brilliance fell, and in an instant, various colored halos appeared on the bodies of the masters of the Yeyue Army, and suddenly, everyone's strength skyrocketed, and they roared and pounced on the masters of the barbarian army.

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Aoki City, the capital of the eastern region of the Yeyue Empire, after the old marshal Shan withdrew his troops from Lanyue Pass, he did not go to those county towns to garrison, but came directly to Aoki City, which is located in the center of the Eastern Regions, and also directly ordered as the generalissimo that all the city defense troops and imperial court institutions east of the state capital city were all moved to the west of Aoki City, and all the large territory was ceded to the army of the eastern bordering country.

On this day, outside the domain lord's mansion, a team of Praetorian Guards escorted a middle-aged man with a beard wearing a first-class official uniform to the front of the gate, and then someone stepped forward and shouted loudly: "The holy decree has arrived, and the old marshal Shan has received the decree!" ”

After a while, the salute rang out, the middle door was wide open, and the old marshal Shan led a group of officials to walk out hurriedly, knelt down in front of the eight-character bearded official holding the holy decree, and said: "The minister unit dragon receives the order!" ”

The official unfolded the holy decree in his hand and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I have heard that loyal ministers should forget their lives to govern the country, and good generals should sacrifice themselves to defend the territory. Therefore, he ordered Zuo Prime Minister Wu Tong to go to ask for the guilt, remove him from the post of generalissimo of the unit Long Leopard Taowei, and answer Prime Minister Zuo's question in detail. ”

After receiving the order of thanksgiving, the unit dragon didn't care about the reactions of others, nor did he engage in those many usual routines, and led Wutong straight to a secret room, and after sitting down, the unit dragon directly spoke: "Lord Wutong, Your Majesty thinks that my unit dragon has defected to the enemy and treasoned?" ”

Wu Tong smiled faintly and said: "Old Marshal Shan thinks too much, if the emperor really thinks that the generalissimo has defected to the enemy and committed treason, then it is not me who is here today, but Tingwei." ”

Hearing this, Unit Long nodded calmly, and said without the slightest fluctuation of emotions: "Thank you Your Majesty for your trust, but the old minister did not defect to the enemy and treason, this heart can be revealed!" ”

Wu Tong nodded and said lightly: "Then please ask the generalissimo to explain the reason for this." ”

Unit Long said directly: "Presumably, the second worship of Taishang has already sent back a message to His Majesty, the people of the Dongfang family are completely active, they colluded with those hidden martial arts forces, and they should cooperate with the outside to break my Lanyue Pass, hehe, those are two powerhouses of the virtual realm, I still haven't figured it out, with their strength, why don't they storm my Lanyue Pass, in that case, I'm afraid I won't even be able to withdraw these two million troops." ”

Wu Tong nodded and said: "Lord Taishang Er has indeed sent back the news, and His Majesty also knows about the affairs of the Dongfang family, but I really didn't expect that the Dongfang family still has such a big energy, isn't it enough that those martial arts forces have been exterminated by us?" ”

Unit Long smiled bitterly and said: "It's because we underestimated the energy of those martial arts forces, forgetting that they are also hundreds of years old, although the background is not strong, but there are a lot of hidden back-hands, and the means of saving life are also endless, all kinds of sideways things are unguardable, hehe, now that I think about it, at that time, the court exterminated only the people they used to sacrifice, and we people were complacent there." ”

When Wu Tong heard this, his face became extremely ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "The generalissimo is saying that the foundation of those martial arts forces has not been injured at all, and our so-called extermination is actually just a joke!" ”

Unit Long nodded, and said with a wry smile: "That's true, at least we didn't hurt the real foundation of those martial arts forces, most of their elites are here, and they are constantly cultivating more disciples, this, you only need to ask those who have participated in the encirclement and suppression of the mountains, it is clear that in the original battle of Qixialing, what kind of power was used by the imperial court, but in the end they only caught some small fish and shrimp, but they suffered a lot of losses, which can be seen that we people regard martial arts as too simple." ”

"What, in the original battle of Qixialing, the Tang report we received was clearly ••••••" Wu Tong stood up suddenly when he heard this, but he instantly thought of the key to this, and now, even if he understands, he can't pursue the things that have long passed, and now is not the time to pursue those things.

Unit Long then carefully talked about what had happened in the Eastern Regions during this period of time, focusing on the impact of the collusion between the Dongfang family and the Donglin Kingdom and the martial arts forces in the Eastern Regions.

Wu Tong nodded when he heard this, and said: "Old Marshal Shan is reasonable, in fact, we all think so, since His Majesty knew that the Dongfang family was also involved, he was worried, you know, just in Xiyuan Pass, Dongfang Li of the Dongfang family has taken refuge in the Three Kingdoms of the Western Regions, and I don't know what adventures he has gotten, his strength has grown extremely fast, and now even the Taishang Worship Lord can only barely suppress him, fortunately, the Taishang Five Worship Lords have made a breakthrough recently, otherwise, it is really difficult to resist the other two old ghosts." ”

Unit Long couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said: "Has the west reached such a level, but, no matter what, the Ximen family should also have a strong person in the virtual realm, why didn't Your Majesty issue an order for the Ximen family to contribute, as long as their old ghost comes out, the Three Kingdoms will be defeated!" ”

Wu Tong smiled bitterly and said: "You don't know, among the four major families, the Ximen family is the most low-key and mysterious, in fact, it is only our guess that their family has a strong person in the virtual realm, although the possibility is almost 100%, but if he wants to say no, what can you do with him?" What's more, I'm afraid that the Ximen family is already a big tail, and now even His Majesty can only be appeased. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Tong suddenly laughed and said: "Haha, the topic is far away, let's talk about the Eastern Regions, even if it is the collusion of the Dongfang Family, the Eastern Linguo and the Eastern Regions Martial Arts, it will not let the Generalissimo give up this large piece of land in vain, you know, this loss is not just as simple as the land, even the Generalissimo's reputation and the reputation of your family have been seriously affected, if it is not for His Majesty's protection, I am afraid it will ••••••."

Unit Long sighed and said, "Hey, I've already thought of all this, but there is no way to do it, I can only wronged them first, thank Your Majesty for your grace, but now we have to do this." ”

After a pause, Unit Long continued: "As soon as the Lanyue Pass is broken, all the way to Aoki City, this area is all flat and flat, there is no danger to defend at all, if we insist on fighting the enemy in these places, we need a lot of troops, and now, as you can see, my Leopard Taowei is only less than two million, and even the defense of a county town is very difficult. ”

"And the enemy's attack is very convenient, when the time comes, they only need to besiege the city on all sides, and when our resources are all exhausted, they can naturally win without a fight, the most terrible thing is that the other party doesn't have to do that at all, after all, they have two strong people in the virtual realm, and even the strong people in the realm of life and death are a lot more than us, with the defense power of the county city, they can completely attack, and they can destroy us all without much cost, and without our support, the troops of the Eastern Regions can't compete with them at all, In other words, it only takes a little time for the entire Eastern Regions to fall into the hands of the enemy, and with the deep roots of the Dongfang family in the Eastern Regions, the Eastern Regions can be firmly controlled in a year or two at most. ”

"And now, I take the initiative to withdraw from those places, but I can keep half of the territory of the Eastern Regions, if the empire has the strength in the future, it will not be so difficult to take back all the land, and if we want to eat those territories, even if the Dongfang family is deeply rooted, it will take at least several months, so we have enough time to do something."

Unit Long said all his thoughts in one breath, but Wu Tong's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard this, and he complimented Unit Long for a while, and then said: "Old Marshal Shan is worthy of being the general of the empire, and he can still create such a good opportunity for the empire under such an unfavorable situation, yes, if they want to eat these territories, then the army will inevitably be dispersed, and we can use this space to do a lot of things, for example, their senior generals suddenly died one night, hehe." ”

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