Chapter 3059: Battle of Speed and Strength

Although Ying Tian still had blue-white lightning crackling on his body, Chi felt extremely uncomfortable.

The Red General's lightning power is not so easily dissipated.

Even if the Great Heavenly Demon were to fight her now, she would suffer greatly due to Yuan Li. The Red General's lightning or deathly power is like a bone-deep ulcer on opponents, extremely hard to remove, but the damage the Great Heavenly Demon inflicts on her is easily expelled by Yuan Li due to its divine nature.

Her eyes flashed, and she keenly noticed that Ci Tian's arms and chest inexplicably bore several scorch marks, with the flesh turned outward and golden blood seeping out. Chi had not been directly hit by the lightning pillar just now—where did this injury come from?

The Red General raised her eyebrows and said to Ying Tian: "Using your own brother as a blood bag—your methods haven't changed in thousands of years. How can Ci Tian tolerate you?" Ying Tian was the one struck by lightning, yet now Ci Tian is the one injured. This is not a transfer of wounds, but rather the two brothers possess a special talent called Life Transfer. When one suffers heavy or fatal injury, they can draw the brother's life force to heal themselves. But Ying Tian is the elder brother, small in stature and weaker in energy, so this is almost a one-way transfer—only he draws life force from his brother, with hardly any reverse flow.

Now she also understands why Ying Ci Tian refused to announce their names before the battle—they Yin people have a trick up their sleeve. If it weren't for the Red General's lightning-fast reflexes, a mere great power might already have been disemboweled by Ying Tian.

Ying Tian shouted, didn't retort, and charged forward again to fight.

As Chi moved, Ci Tian followed, sticking close like a shadow, coordinating seamlessly.

The Red General patted her shoulders, and the two shoulder-crouching beasts leapt down, specifically to deal with Ying Tian. They did not revert to their large forms but remained as small as sparrows, so they could closely follow Ying Tian and share the master's combat pressure.

In the blink of an eye, Ying Ci Tian and the Red General were locked in fierce combat again. These two Great Heavenly Demons—one fast, one fierce, one large, one small—had perfectly complementary fighting abilities, making it difficult for the Red General to adapt momentarily. Du Shan, watching from the outer hall, saw only a chaotic blur; whether it was Ying Ci Tian or the Red General, he could not make out any figure clearly, only hearing the constant ding-ding sounds accompanied by flying sparks.

That was the sound of Ying Tian and the Red General colliding. The Red General's weapon carried immense lightning power. After suffering once, Ying Tian dared not meet her with bare palms, instead coating his claws in thick ice armor for insulation. Thus, their combat became a clash of sharp weapons, with the ding-ding sound unceasing.

This kind of high-speed combat, where only the sound is heard but not the fighters, made all onlookers' scalps go numb.

In reality, the Red General was gradually adapting to Ying Tian's speed, and her counterattacks against Ci Tian were becoming increasingly fierce, soon inflicting seven or eight wounds of various sizes on him. At such extreme speed, any technique is useless—but fortunately, her innate combat instinct and the enhancement of Yuan Li gave her superior dynamic vision, making Ying Tian's speed appear significantly slowed in her eyes.

The shoulder-crouching beast lunged forward again, only to be kicked away by Ying Tian's foot. He coldly snorted: "Heard you killed Lady Lady Lady Mitian? Heh, just you?" If Lady Lady Lady Mitian were truly slain by this female general before them, it could only be said that Chi is truly old—sunset at Xishan.

The Red General only said: "You were pierced through by Lady Lady Lady Mitian, right?"

She inherited part of Lady Lady Lady Mitian's memories. Battles with the various Great Heavenly Demons are a very important part of that.

Ying Tian's face darkened instantly. Fortunately, Chi is too small for anyone to notice.

Just as the Red General struck at Ci Tian—though she didn't pierce him, the gang qi still left a palm-length wound on his chest. Ci Tian cried out in pain and retaliated with a backhand fire fist!

Ying Tian also attacked from behind the Red General, carrying a hint of azure light.

The Red General strained to dodge, but the fists of the Ying Ci Tian brothers collided, ice and fire power erupting simultaneously.

Boom—!

This explosion was no weaker than the previous thunderstorm; the Red General was instantly blown fifteen zhang away.

Nearby soldiers, though far from her, were also knocked down in large numbers. The three soldiers closest to the battlefield were blown to death on the spot.

Everyone exclaimed in shock: "General!"

The Red General twisted her body in midair and landed like a spider.

She stood at the very center of the explosion, her chest and abdomen armor shattered, even half of her face mask fallen off, revealing the left half of her face—her eyes nearly destroyed.

Trickles of blood flowed from her forehead to her lips, gilding her exquisite face with a grim, murderous aura as she licked her tongue.

It's been a long time since she's suffered such an injury.

Before she could rise, the Ying Ci Tian brothers' attack came again.

These two fellows' combat prowess is no joke—taken individually, the Red General could quickly defeat either, but together they are nothing short of extreme trouble.

Hmm, I need to find a way to separate these two brothers.

But these two fellows also know their own weaknesses—Ying Tian never leaves Ci Tian's side.

"You can't interfere." The Red General's order reached the ears of the soldiers behind her: "Go deal with other heavenly demons."

Even with outstanding cultivation and abundant Yuan Li, these soldiers still lack the qualifications to participate in this level of combat.

The realm gap is too great.

As she spoke, it became so—the soldiers responded in unison, dispersing to pursue the divine attendants of Ying Ci Tian.

There are over a dozen heavenly demons here, each individually stronger than the palace commanders, but vastly outnumbered by the enemy. Moreover, when their divine powers strike the elite soldiers of Ju City, their full power is reduced to at most twenty-five percent. Originally, a single heavenly demon's divine technique could turn soldiers into minced meat; now it can only make them stumble—though they may be dazed and wounded, they can still rise and continue fighting.

Yuan Li not only makes Ju City's soldiers thick-skinned and tough-fleshed, but also grants them astonishing resistance to divine techniques. Nor need we mention its heaven-defying effect in the army of sharing damage collectively. "Transferring injury to other individuals" is basically forbidden by heavenly law in this realm, with the sole exception being the military application of Yuan Li.

When a heavenly demon unleashes a divine technique, even after being severely weakened by Yuan Li, the resulting damage is further distributed among thirty or forty soldiers, making the chance of a lethal strike very small.

Unless they encounter a Great Heavenly Demon.

Of course, although the number of heavenly demons invading the Cang Yan Wang Gong this time is unprecedented, Ju City's military strength still appears strained. Furthermore, the heavenly demons' difficulty lies not only in their profound cultivation but also in their diverse and endlessly versatile divine techniques and divine natures.

Thus, the Red General took a moment to pat her bosom, and the countless chi beasts, wang tian beasts, coiling dragons on the pillars, vermilion birds and tiger-bears on the totems, and other sculptures and carvings on the Chi Xiao Golden Hall emitted red light, then came to life in the next breath, bellowing toward the sky before rushing to various battlefields!

Normally they are merely artworks of the palace for viewing, but in times of peril they become guardians and weapons.