Chapter 33: Going and Staying
(I'm sorry for this big chapter today...... )
The torrent of monsters crossed Jinchen Castle, and there were only six hundred miles left from the old dragon pool.
In the past ten years, the Duhu Mansion has also specially opened up a stone path valley road in the wide valley between Jinchen Fort and the old dragon pool, although it cannot be regarded as a flat river, but it is enough to make millions of monsters flock to the periphery of the old dragon pond in one day.
If the Soul Suppression Mountain and River Array of Old Dragon Pond had been dismantled and prepared to be transferred to Jinchen Fort, even if the Demon Race was found to be moving at this time, it would be impossible to re-set it in one day.
With the assistance of the refiners and array mages of the Longmen Sect led by Master Ziyou, Chen Xun and them set up the two Heavenly Star Dragon Interception Arrays at the southwest foot of Tianzhu Peak and Canglan New Town, which took seven or eight days.
The Soul Suppression Mountain and River Array, even if it is the lowest-level Heaven and Earth Array, is a hundred times more complicated than the top-level Forbidden Array.
Even if the number of array mages concentrated in the Old Dragon Pond in the Imperial Protectorate is a hundred times that of Tianzhu Peak, if you want to connect the nearly thousands of array flags, array seals, and array pillars of the Soul Suppression Mountain and River Array to the magic weapons that attract spiritual energy and evolution magic, on the complex spiritual veins of the Old Dragon Pond, there can be no worse layout, how can it take ten days and half a month to be possible.
"What should I do?" Chu Yue Zhenren can guard the Iron Star Castle and stand alone, in addition to his advanced cultivation in the Yuan Dan Realm, the most important thing is that he has the style of a general and the talent to command, but in the face of the current danger, he is helpless and full of panic.
Ji Lie and Chang Xi were also helpless, they just wanted to find someone to ask: "What should I do?"
Millions of monsters, in the sky around it, the demonic demonic qi rose, and the gray and heavy like lead snow clouds were scattered, forming a demonic black cloud with a radius of hundreds of miles, rolling towards the old dragon pond in the south.
Chen Xun didn't expect that the number of monsters gathered within sixty or seventy miles of the Demon Ruin Mouth Formation would be nearly twice as many as they had expected.
Winged Demon Chihai didn't have a very specific concept of numbers, he only knew that there were nearly one or two thousand low-level Winged Demons under his command, in fact, in the huge sea of monsters, the number of flying monsters such as Winged Demons was relatively rare, accounting for less than one-twenty or thirty-tenth of the total.
It wasn't the first day that the Sea of Flames had cracked, all the low-level monsters that poured into Yunzhou were there, and Chen Xun and them could hold on for a day and a night if they could borrow a rudimentary forbidden magic array.
Although these millions of monsters are mainly composed of low-level monsters, there are hundreds of thousands of demons who have developed spiritual intelligence, and there are more than 2,000 little demon generals who have cultivated into Yuan Shen and whose strength is comparable to that of Yuan Dan Realm martial arts cultivation.
More than a hundred heavenly demon-level demon generals, although they had only entered Yunzhou after self-destructing the Evil Pill, just one year was not enough for them to re-cultivate into the Evil Pill. However, these Heavenly Demon-level demons destroyed themselves in order to avoid the overly pure Evil Qi Dan Yuan in their bodies from causing spatial storm induction when they were in the guò space passage, but their cultivation realm did not decrease in the slightest.
In addition to relying on the purity of one's own Dan Yuan, it also emphasizes borrowing the power of heaven and earth and the power of heaven and earth, which is the theory of heaven and earth.
More than 100 heavenly demon-level demon generals, leading more than 2,000 little demon generals who have cultivated into primordial gods, and then commanding hundreds of thousands of demons, and then commanding millions of low-level demons, how strong the combat power of such a twist is, Chen Xun can't speculate.
After all, in the past year, the demon clan deliberately delayed time in order to send more monsters and demon generals into Yunzhou, and the Duhu Mansion was also lukewarm and lukewarm with the demon clan in the Thousand Demon Sand Sea, and the contact and understanding of the demon clan was actually very little.
There are countless sects in Yunzhou, and the monks can borrow powerful magic weapons and magic arrays, and their strength can be doubled or tenfold, and the demons can naturally do it too.
From the current point of view, after the remnants of the Thousand Demon Sect withdrew into the Thousand Demon Realm, although it would take hundreds of years for the demon clan to refine a heaven and earth magic array, it seemed that refining the top-level forbidden magic circle should not be a problem, which also realized that the demon clan had the ability to refine a large number of earth-level Xuan War magic weapons.
Watching millions of monsters march northward like a torrent, although Jinchen Fort is stationed with a law minister, several Yuan Dan, dozens of Tianyuan, and more than a thousand monks, there is no movement at all.
Jinchen Fort was calm at this time, like a cold reef wrapped in sea currents, and the defensive spirit shield of the forbidden magic circle shrank to a narrow area of two miles, and the faint spiritual light seemed so fragile under the cover of the thick clouds of rolling demonic energy.
On the Jinchen Castle side, he never dared to launch an offensive against the torrent of monsters on his side, and he was obviously frightened by the demons who poured out of the nest and broke the boat.
"What should I do......" confirmed that millions of monsters had passed through Jinchen Castle and entered the broad valley heading to Laolongtan, and Luo Yuze and others, who were stationed in other fortifications, dared to fly out of the magic circle and rushed to join Ji Lie and Chu Yuezhen.
Luo Yuze and the others naturally realized what was happening in Lao Longtan, their faces were pale and frightened, and they were completely helpless in the face of the current situation.
"Jin Feng Zhenren, Elector Hou invites Ji Zhenren, Chen Pavilion Master, Luo Zhenren, Chu Yue Zhenren, to go to Jinchen Fort to discuss matters!" A streamer swept quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was close, the streamer stopped, and a middle-aged man wearing a golden silk robe appeared, arched his hand to Ji Lie and the others, and said anxiously.
Jinchen Fort, two hundred and fifty or sixty miles south of the Demon Ruins, is the main base of the forward defense line, and the strange shape of the convergence of three spiritual veins is laid out, and one hundred and twenty-eight pillars of mountains and rivers are laid out, and nearly 100 mountain and river chariots are also assembled in Jinchen Fort.
It can be said that the entire forward defense line has more than one-third of the troops, and at the same time, nearly eighty percent of the mobile forces are concentrated in Jinchen Fort.
The one who guarded Jinchen Fort was Jiang Bin, the son of the Marquis of Yuanwu, who had a grudge against Chen Xun.
Jiang Bin has officially been listed among the twelve electors of the Xiwu Dynasty.
After the Duhufu killed the two-headed Jiaolong in the old dragon pool, in addition to the two Jiaodan, Jiang Bin was called Jiang Bin to obey, Jiang Bin was even more ten years like a day with the blood of the two Jiaolong to quench the body, it seems that his cultivation realm is still in the early stage of the Yuan Dan realm, but the strength is refined, compared with ten years ago, it is several times more than ever, a dragon flag, can strangle thousands of monsters at a time, command a hundred mountain and river chariots, five hundred black armor cavalry, this year across the sea of monsters, such as into no man's land.
Chen Xun glanced at Ji Lie, although before the collapse of the form, everyone should abandon the previous feud and work together, but just by virtue of the million demon tide just now to bypass Jinchen Castle, and Jiang Bin and Jin Feng Zhenren did not move, and they didn't even dare to have the courage to contain the monsters, it was enough to prove that these people were not enough to conspire.
It could be seen that Ji Lie, Chang Xi and the others were hesitant on their faces, and the messenger who came to report the news said anxiously: "The demon clan is out of the nest, and the old dragon pond is dangerous, and I also ask the lord of the Chen Pavilion not to remember the past suspicions! The Elector also said that as long as he can survive this catastrophe, he will go to the main seat of the Chen Pavilion to toast in the future to thank him for his past offense!"
Hearing Jiang Bin's messenger like this, the last bit of hope in everyone's hearts also collapsed.
The soul of Laolongtan's mountain and river array, demolished or not, the vast majority of people present, even Luo Yuze, Chu Yuezhen, etc., were just guesses, but did not know the details.
However, Jiang Bin, who is the prince of the Yuanwu Marquis Mansion and the Elector, and the strong man of the Law Realm who is stationed in Jinchen Castle, and the Jin Feng Dao people who have always been the descendants of Jiang Mingtai Zhenjun, must know the details.
Jiang Bin and Jin Fengdao were all panicked, which could only show that the shape was more critical than they imagined.
Everyone looked at Chen Xun, knowing that although Chen Xun gave up the position of Marquis of Canglan to Ji Dongze, what he said in the Four Sects and in Canglan still had a very heavy weight.
"If Jiang Shizi had the courage to make a move just now, I, the Kui Long Pavilion, the Shenxiao Haoran Sect, the Mengshan Sect, the Thousand Swords Sect, and the Canglan Marquis Mansion, would never have the slightest thought of caring for my own life, and would definitely go to death and life with Jiang Shizi and kill all the demons together," Chen Xun said loudly, "However, at this time, please also ask Jiang Shizi and Jinfeng Zhenren to do it for themselves!
Chu Yuezhen, Luo Yuze and others looked at each other.
The Canglan Marquis Mansion has never been under the command of the Protectorate, and it has already torn its face before.
Chen Xun, Ji Lie guarded Tianzhu Peak and other reinforcements came over, and stood by and watched Lao Longtan being swallowed by millions of monsters, and Ce Tianfu couldn't insist on saying that they weren't in the future.
But Chu Yuezhen, Luo Yuze and others are all disciples of Cetianfu recruited from the sects, and they are under the jurisdiction of the Duhufu, at this time Lao Longtan is in trouble, they stand by and do not go to the rescue, and in the future, Cetianfu will hold them accountable and behead them, and the sect will have no excuse to protect them.
Seeing the hesitation of Chu Yuezhen, Luo Yuze and others, Chen Xun raised his voice and said: "Jiang Bin is not enough to plan, I believe you all know it in your hearts, but if you can trust Ji Zhenren, Uncle Chisong and me Chen Xun, please give us the Iron Star Castle to take over, everyone work together, or there is a possibility of turning the tide!"
"At this time, if you don't concentrate all the forces on the forward defense line, drag the tail of the demon army, you stay here to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, not to repay your personal grudge with the Yuanwu Marquis Mansion, what kind of clever plan can it be considered?"
Song Xuanyi lined up everyone, he didn't believe in Chen Xun's ability to turn the tide, and he was more inclined to think that he still didn't forget his personal grudge with the Yuanwu Marquis Mansion at this time, and came up to deny Chen Xun in one sentence, and then said to Luo Yuze and others,
"The monsters are surging south, and the old dragon pond will definitely do everything possible to drag down the pace of the monsters moving south, and we should concentrate a qiē force to drag the demon army from the rear. As long as it is delayed until the moment when the Soul Suppression Mountain and River Formation is redeployed, this battle will definitely be a complete victory for us!"
"Stupid!"
Chen Xun looked coldly at Song Xuanyi, who jumped out to steal the limelight at this time, and directly reprimanded.
When he was replaced, he would not have scolded Song Xuanyi for his naivety so strongly, but at this time, people were panicking, Luo Yuze, Chu Yuezhenren and others had no opinions, if he was suppressed by Song Xuanyi in momentum, it would be difficult to persuade Luo Yuze and Chu Yuezhen to follow his strategy.
If you want to attack and defend the empty Demon Ruin Mouth Formation, with only the strength of the Four Sects and the Canglan Marquis Mansion, it is still slightly weaker.
At this time, he must suppress Song Xuanyi's momentum in the most fierce tone, and he must not let Song Xuanyi, who is unknown and self-righteous, spoil his plan.
Although Song Xuanyi looked down on Chen Xun from the bottom of his heart, he was quite restrained and polite in his words when they met, but he didn't expect him to point out that Chen Xun had ill intentions, Chen Xun was so embarrassed and angry, a mere Tianyuan Realm cultivator, he dared to shout and scold him so loudly......
Where did Song Xuanyi suffer such a great humiliation? Sacrificing the spirit sword, a very agile sword light floated above his head like a swimming dragon, and he looked at Chen Xun with a murderous spirit, and said, "I treat you with a lot of courtesy, what do you mean by this?"
Chang Xi's extremely beautiful slender jade finger popped out a wisp of aura, touched the sword light slashed out by Song Xuanling, and turned into an emerald green vine, smashing the red gold sword light that Song Xuanyi tried to threaten Chen Xun, and said: "Senior Brother Song, Chen Xun didn't directly scold you for being a fool, it's quite polite, you don't have to humiliate yourself." ”
Song Xuanyi's extremely handsome face suddenly jumped with anger, glaring at Chen Xun and Chang Xi, he never thought that he would come all the way to assist the Northwest Regions Sects in killing monsters, and he would be humiliated like this, let alone Chang Xi would not talk about the feelings of the Hakka Longmen Sect for several years.
"Stop the anger, stop the anger, everyone is anxious about the current situation, in the urgency, there is something wrong with words, everyone should not mind. Luo Yuze stiffened his head and dragged Song Xuanyi back.
He could see that no matter how much Song Xuanyi moved, Ji Lie would make a move to stop him.
"Old Longtan, whether you can hold it or not, is between the two. Our strength is weak, and rushing to Laolongtan will not increase our chances of victory. And at this time, the monsters poured out of the nest, and the defense of the demon ruins was extremely weak, if we concentrate all our forces and attack the formation, I believe you can understand the difference!"
Chen Xun said impassionedly,
"As long as we can break through the evil formation, even if the old Longtan is not a piece of tiles, even if we all die in the Thousand Demon Sand Sea, Cetianfu still has the ability to send reinforcements again and kill the demons. Otherwise, the northwest region will be completely eroded, and Yunzhou will also be completely overturned. Only in this way can we win a glimmer of life for the people of Yunzhou!"
Luo Yuze's face was pale, and he knew that Chen Xun was still able to stay awake when everyone was in a hurry.
Indeed, if they can join forces with the main force of Lao Longtan to attack from north to south, drag the demon army into the deep valley between Lao Longtan and Jinchen Fort, and wait for Lao Longtan to redeploy the Soul Suppression Mountain and River Formation, they will be able to turn defeat into victory.
But it was the best they could have predicted.
Once it is unsuccessful, the old dragon pond side is breached, and millions of monsters turn to the north to attack, and they will also have no way to retreat, and they will be attacked by millions of monsters one by one within three or five days.
And when Cetianfu can mobilize new reinforcements to come over, what they see is still a million monsters that are stubbornly defended according to the Demon Ruins, and Cetianfu's reinforcements have no place in the Thousand Demon Sand Sea, and they will inevitably be attacked head-on.
At this point, not only the Northwest Domain, but also the shape of Yunzhou will probably collapse completely.
Chen Xun advocated concentrating his limited strength, taking advantage of the emptiness of the demon ruin's strength to attack the formation, which was really to destroy the monster's foothold in Yunzhou.
It seems that Lao Longtan and they will not be able to escape the bleak ending of destruction, but whether the formation can be destroyed or not, and the follow-up war in Tianfu is too crucial.
If the evil array is not broken, the millions of demons will be as solid as a rock and indestructible in the Tu Mountain; only by breaking the evil array, will it be possible for Cetianfu to cut off the connection between the millions of demons and the demon ruins.
And the reason why the shape shì has changed so badly to this day is that on the day when the sea of flames collapsed, the forward defense line was hit by the cracked sea of flames and suffered heavy casualties and was caught off guard, and the old Longtan side hesitated and did not decisively send troops.
Otherwise, at that time, at the expense of casualties, he directly gathered more than 100 Yuan Dan realm powerhouses to enter the Demon Ruins, and it was impossible for the Demon Clan to calmly set up a battle at the Demon Ruins.
As long as the Demon Ruin Mouth is always under the direct attack of the Metropolitan Protectorate, not to mention the more than 100 Heavenly Demon Generals, even the little Demon Generals who have cultivated into the Yuan God will not be able to pour into Yunzhou, and the shape will never drag on to such a bad situation today.
Several rainbow shadows swept directly above the Evil Array from the south of Jinchen Castle, and swept towards Iron Star Castle.
The rainbow shadow stopped, and Jiang Bin and the others showed their figures.
Chen Xun had never seen a Jin Feng Dao person, but when he saw the middle-aged Taoist on Jiang Bin's left, his momentum was extremely weak, faintly blending into the heaven and earth, and he was indeed a cultivator of the Dharma Realm, thinking that he should be a Jin Feng Dao person, and he didn't know if he was worthy of trust.
Seeing that Chen Xun, Ji Lie, Chu Yuezhen, Song Xuanyi and others were arguing in front of Tiexing Castle, Jiang Bin frowned angrily and shouted: "Chen Xun, Ben Hou did have a place where he couldn't stand you before, but you claimed to protect the common people with the Shenxiao Haoran Sect, do you want to sit and watch the old Dragon Pond be destroyed by millions of monsters today? Do you want to sit and watch the situation in the Northwest Regions get out of control today? Where is the great wish you made and the grand ambition you made in Shenxiao Mountain?"
Chen Xun saw that Jiang Bin's strength was really several times stronger than ten years ago, and his momentum was like a mountain pressing, far stronger than Yuandan Zhenren in the general sense, and secretly felt that the two-headed knot pill dragon was really worthy of being a treasure of heaven and earth, but it was a pity that Jiang Bin's strength was strong, but his courage did not grow by half a point.
"I don't want to fight with you for the benefit of words, I think that this time, the Yuanwu Marquis Mansion probably doesn't have the face to abandon the old Longtan with the Soul Mountain and River Formation?" Chen Xun said indifferently.
Jiang Bin has a face that is so handsome that it doesn't look like a man, and Chen Xun will be blue and white for a while.
Eleven years ago, although Jiang Bin was not in Yuanwu County, his father Jiang Wei abandoned the three million people in Yuanwu County and escaped, which was a stain that could not be washed off, so that after the Haoran Heavenly Dao was revealed, Chen Xun alone gathered the 30 million barbarians in Canglan, and the Yuanwu Marquis Mansion did not dare to openly obstruct it, and even played ambush and assassination.
However, this time on the side of Lao Longtan, it was not the turn of Jiang Wei of the Yuanwu Marquis Mansion to be in charge.
The Xuandu Sect's Supreme Elder Ku'an Zhenjun and many other Dharma Ministers should have the determination to defend to the death, and they should be able to know that there is still a chance of winning two or three percent, otherwise, once the old Longtan is lost, the situation in the entire Northwest Region will become out of control.
They escaped for a while, and when hundreds of millions of demons poured into Yunzhou, would they be able to escape for a lifetime?
"I don't know who it is, leaking the secret that the Duhu Mansion will concentrate its forces to attack the evil array, so that the demon clan will break the cauldron and strike first, but one thing is certain, the demon clan is also in a hurry, and it can't capture the old dragon pond unless it exerts all its might; the monsters left at the mouth of the demon ruins must be limited," Chen Xun said in an impassioned tone, "Breaking through the evil formation, how big is this credit, and how crucial it is to Yunzhou, I believe Jiang Shizi doesn't need Chen Xun to teach ......"
Jiang Bin's face was cloudy, he didn't expect that Chen Xunwei not only didn't follow them south to help Lao Longtan, but also tried in vain to persuade them to stay and attack the battle together.
"Ku'an Zhenjun and the left and right Shenwei generals all sent edicts to summon everyone to help Lao Longtan. Chen Xun, even if you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you are still here to demagogue!" a monk behind Jiang Bin scolded Chen Xun by name.
Chen Xun ignored the other idle characters, his eyes just stared at Jiang Bin like a hook, and said: "If Jiang Shizi is bound by a mere edict, the so-called great ambition to ascend the dragon is probably child's play." ”
"......" Jiang Bin glared at Chen Xun gloomily.
Luo Yuze and Chu Yuezhen also looked at Jiang Bin and Jinfeng Zhenren, who was silent when he arrived here, nearly one-third of the troops on the forward front and nearly eighty percent of the mobile force were under the control of Jiang Bin and Jinfeng Zhenren.
They decided to stay, and their chances of winning the attack would be greatly increased, and at the same time, Jiang Bin and Jin Feng Zhenren would disobey their orders, and in the end, if the Tianfu was held responsible, Jiang Bin and Jin Feng Zhenren would also be in front of them.
"You have to know, if the old dragon pool can't be defended, millions of monsters will return north at any time, and even if we break through the evil formation, what can we do then?" Jiang Bin stared at Chen Xun with gloomy eyes.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's just death. But even if I die, I have to guard at the mouth of the demon ruins until the reinforcements from Cetianfu arrive, this is our only choice," Chen Xun smiled, "As far as Jiang Shizi is concerned, when to escape is not to escape, why not fight? ”
"In the eleventh year, in order to prevent the situation in the northwest region from getting out of control, the Marquis of Yuanwu chose to endure humiliation and steal his life, which also caused the world to misunderstand a lot. Chen Xun, I admit that you have a point, but you have humiliated the Yuanwu Marquis Mansion several times, and after this battle, you and I are still mortal enemies!" Jiang Bin reprimanded angrily.
Chen Xun smiled coldly and said, "Jiang Shizi, do you have a seed, you will know this battle, why do you care what I say?"