Chapter 3123: The Arrival of the Apocalypse Comes Early

Lingxu City, Tianxin Island.

The dome palace where the Demon Emperor often stayed before has now been rearranged and turned into a great hall for enshrining the Lingxu Holy Sovereign.

This is the highest point of Tianxin Island, with an elevation nearly identical to that of Zhaixing Lou, equally majestic and equally chilling.

Chief Du Yun Envoy Lu Yongyan was listening to frontline battle reports from Lingxu City; the more he listened, the tighter his brow furrowed, until the logistics officer reported that supplies remained abundant, at which point he felt slightly relieved.

"No matter what methods are used, we must hold out for these two days." This is the death order from the Lingxu Holy Sovereign: "When the Divine Initiation arrives, that will be our time to counterattack!"

Several generals reported: frontline morale is low, spiritual power is weak, and deserters keep appearing within the city.

Seeing the proud and fierce troops of the War Alliance already at the city gates, while our side clearly cannot win yet must still take the battlefield, and furthermore, Lingxu City is not acting righteously in this battle—how could its soldiers muster any spirit?

The Heavenly Palace also knows where our weaknesses lie; their corresponding measures include distributing more rations and chewing tobacco, appointing numerous demons as military supervisors, and using supreme divine power to behead deserters.

The more lax the military morale becomes, the stricter the supervisory orders grow.

Yet strangely, although Lingxu City soldiers usually have no will to fight and are reluctant even upon leaving the city, once they step onto the battlefield they seem transformed—drawing weapons and slaughtering frenziedly, as if suddenly forgetting fear and worry, unable to feel the pain of wounds, able to charge bravely even with multiple arrows embedded, until the last drop of blood in their bodies is drained!

Only when they fortunately survive the battlefield do they regain their senses. Besides being exhausted to the point of death and having unsteady steps, they only vaguely recall having fought desperately on the battlefield.

As for why they became so frenzied and exerted themselves so much, even they themselves find it inexplicable.

The only downside: on the battlefield they lose all sense, appearing fearless, yet they cannot heed commands, and their obedience is poor. The generals of the Heavenly Palace and Baoxiang State find it very difficult to direct and coordinate.

Only a few people inside the Heavenly Palace know the truth.

Chief Du Yun Envoy Lu Yongyan can only beg the Holy Sovereign to descend a divine omen, to maximally inspire the troops within the city.

Knowing their backing is strong enough, they then have the motivation to continue fighting.

At this moment, a subordinate reported: "During the retreat of the Marquis Envoy, they encountered relentless pursuit by Hu Min's forces from Cangyan! We killed two immortals, but the terrain of Mount Xushan suddenly changed, making it difficult for the Marquis Envoy to break through."

"Mount Xushan changed its terrain?" Lu Yongyan immediately understood: "Ji Ju is attacking from both sides with three blades!"

Only a local tyrant could easily accomplish this.

This great fire spirit doesn't even know whose household slave it is; the War Alliance just occupied Mount Xushan, and Ji Yu immediately switched allegiance.

The voice of the Lingxu Holy Sovereign suddenly rang out: "Pili Tian has already rushed there; you prepare to go out of the city to meet and assist."

Lu Yongyan was startled, and respectfully replied in the affirmative.

Originally, even as the battle in Lingxu City grew dire, the Lingxu Holy Sovereign would not allow the two great heavenly gods to penetrate deep into enemy rear, at most only coordinating with troops on the front lines, withdrawing at the slightest disturbance—for these two are spatial gods, coming and going like the wind, and others rarely approach them.

Because the Divine Initiation is already not far off, Lu Yongyan understands that the Lingxu Holy Sovereign must preserve the two great heavenly gods from further losses.

But now, when even the great battlefield is not worth releasing the great heavenly gods, the Lingxu Holy Sovereign sends Him to meet Hou Tianyu—no, wait, not to meet him, but to receive the divine object Hou Tianyu brings back.

Lu Yongyan is also curious: just what kind of divine object is it?

"Also." The Lingxu Holy Sovereign asked in a deep voice: "For the Divine Initiation's descent, how are the ground preparations?"

Lu Yongyan responded with a clear, ringing voice: "Everything is ready; we only await Your descent with the other great heavenly gods to the mortal realm!"

This is one of the few things he can be certain of amidst the current great chaos.

"Very well, I decide to advance the Divine Initiation."

The Divine Initiation plan was originally solely managed by the Lingxu Holy Sovereign; whenever He says it begins, that is when it begins.

Lu Yongyan was first startled, then overjoyed: "You, you plan to advance it to what time?"

Given how fiercely the battle beneath Lingxu City is being fought—let alone victory, merely holding out for three more days would already be utmost agony—of course the Heavenly Palace hopes the great master will descend soon to relieve their siege.

The Lingxu Holy Sovereign spoke in the most平淡 tone, dropping the heaviest bombshell: "Tonight!"

￥￥￥￥Y

The terrain in the western part of Mount Xushan is now fragmented and broken, completely different from the impression Hu Min had when he arrived. The former plain has become a network of intersecting gullies; climbing from the valley bottom to the mountain peak would exhaust one to death.

However, Hu Min and several immortals, along with three hundred subordinates, are pursuing the enemy aboard a large flying vessel; the War Alliance, using the great fire spirit Ji Yu as the formation eye, has already opened domain-wide禁遁 and禁空 barriers, so within the Mount Xushan territory, only War Alliance members possess the rights to fly and earth-escape; the enemy can only advance honestly on foot.

Also thanks to the advantage of flight, otherwise Hu Min's army would have suffered even greater losses.

"Don't get too close, be careful that thing might again bewilder hearts and minds!"

They have suffered from this before: once near the pursuing troops, their own soldiers would first tremble uncontrollably. For veterans of the Great Wind Army and Black Armor Army, this is simply inconceivable.

Before today, many thought they had already forgotten how to write the character for "fear."

The little fire person suddenly said: "By the way, just now two powerful forces entered the Mount Xushan territory, one after the other."

"Powerful forces?" Hu Min first startled, then delighted: "Could it be————?"

"No." The little fire person interrupted his fantasy: "The first force is right ahead on the ground, but it is neither a demon nor Hou Tianyu and his ilk. Oh, he is also waving at you."

"Waving?" Hu Min hadn't even finished thinking when the flying vessel had already descended, preparing to land: "Hey, I haven't even————"

"This is your superior's order."

Before the flying vessel even landed, a person emerged from under the tree shadows, with an ordinary, unremarkable face. But Hu Min glanced at him and immediately sensed something was off:

This person has no presence at all. If you close your eyes, he is no different from the surrounding weeds and stones, emitting not a trace of aura.

Before he could ask, this person had already spoken first: "You are pursuing Hou Tianyu?"

"Yes. Who are you?"

"Count me as one." This person suddenly raised a hand in greeting, then smiled and said: "It's been quite a few days since we last saw, 'Red General!'"

Eh? Hu Min turned his head accordingly and saw that behind him, dozens of people were approaching, the leader unmistakably the Red General!

"General, you're back!" Hu Min was overjoyed, immediately ordering his subordinates to salute.

The newcomer was precisely the Red General who should have been ten thousand li away!

She had ridden wind and lightning all the way from Cangyan back to the Bei Jia frontline, and even now, few people know of it.

She nodded at Hu Min and asked the person ahead: "What is your target?"

This guy suddenly appeared on the Lingxu City battlefield; she still found it somewhat surprising.

"Pili Tian."

The Red General invited him to board the flying vessel: "Come, let's go along the way."

After everyone boarded, the flying vessel rose again into the sky, and the Red General then introduced the person to everyone: "This is Mr. Yuan."