Chapter 344: Fairy, will you take your own life, or shall I see you off?

Centered on Jiang Ding,

the Brother Xuanwu Celestial Palace Foundation Establishment cultivators fled in all directions.

Nothing could stop them; their morale was utterly shattered.

"Great Sun Sword Son!"

Hidden in the shadows, the Brother Xuanwu reserve Dao Son Li Han's eyes flashed with cold light as she said icily: "The Xu clan's intelligence is actually true. The Eastern Extreme Demon Sect truly seized the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's inheritance and cultivated a new Great Sun Sword Son. Even if not as good as the Sword Sons of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's heyday, the difference isn't much…"

"He must be a great calamity for the Celestial Palace!"

She did not use her divine soul restraints to stop her subordinates' rout, letting them flee in all directions in collapse.

Not only that, she also gave orders for the thirteen true disciple disciples lurking and approaching from farther away to withdraw.

If it were merely one Great Sun Sword Son, she would certainly surround and kill him with her army!

Now that the enemy's army was even stronger, naturally further planning was needed.

She herself also retreated slowly.

The battlefield situation changed once again.

"Oh?"

Jiang Ding keenly noticed this situation. The fleeing Brother Xuanwu Celestial Palace Foundation Establishment cultivators were cut down by him; the grey-blue sword-shaped escape light swept across the battlefield, but every enemy he discovered was withdrawing outward.

He could pursue enemies in one direction and still reap major results, but he could not annihilate them all.

Moreover, he would not stray too far from the main army, so the results he gained might not be too great.

"Commence saturation bombardment. Enemy targets are between ten and twenty-five kilometers from our army group."

He ordered.

"Yes! Commander-in-Chief, sir!"

Jin Jin Lingfeng said in a solemn voice.

"High-explosive shells, fire!"

The muzzles of over two hundred thousand tank cannons tilted up slightly, each division having a different elevation angle, and then fired simultaneously amid earth-shaking roars.

Smoke rose into fog across dozens of kilometers, an extremely spectacular sight.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Streaks of white tore across the sky, the sounds of breaking air dense and unceasing, nearly covering the entire sky without leaving a single gap.

Then, one by one, black dots exploded thunderously at an altitude of several dozen meters above the ground, shards of law-breaking steel spraying in all directions.

Boom!

Boom boom!

Earth-shattering bombardment appeared across this stretch of desert and wasteland. The area between ten and twenty-five kilometers from the army group was plowed over and over by high-explosive shells, dust flying, the ground writhing, as if about to become a pot of boiling soup.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

"……"

Jin Jin Lingfeng still refused to order the bombardment to stop.

Ten consecutive volleys, exploding even closer to the ground, adding fuel to the already boiling Western Desert earth, ensuring not a single intact clod of dirt remained within the bombardment zone.

The law-breaking steel shards from the high-explosive shells were densely packed, leaving not the slightest gap, not distinguishing between enemies, bombarding every corner.

"Damn you Demon Sect scoundrels!"

"Break out!"

Under this carpet bombing, on patches of ground that appeared empty, light and shadow shattered, revealing faint glimmers of spiritual light.

The Brother Xuanwu Celestial Palace Foundation Establishment cultivators, who had been silently fleeing far away, were forced to reveal their forms, with not the slightest space left to hide.

The law-breaking steel shards could wear down their shields, but could not kill them!

"Kill!"

The Brother Xuanwu Celestial Palace Foundation Establishment cultivators roared, waving their hands to release swarms of yin ghosts and zombies, while themselves, shielded by these zombies, erupted with all their magic power, madly fleeing outward.

"Armor-piercing shells!"

Jin Jin Lingfeng shouted.

Actually, she didn't need to say it. The moment the Foundation Establishment cultivators revealed their tracks, the terrifyingly luxurious lineup of battalion-level commanders, each at least a Second-Order War Strategist, immediately took action.

According to the artillery zones divided by legion, the vehicle-mounted Second-Order Yu Lingzi radars on armored command vehicles locked onto targets, and tank battalion after tank battalion opened fire.

Whoosh, whoosh whoosh!

Dense swarms of armor-piercing shells crossed the sky, spell spiritual lights flickering, augmented with First-Order law-rending spells, combined with the inherent power of tank armor-piercing shells, precisely guided.

They slammed into the madly fleeing Foundation Establishment cultivators one by one.

Every Brother Xuanwu Celestial Palace Foundation Establishment cultivator was locked onto by at least three tank battalions!

Boom!

Boom boom!

A top-grade magical artifact shield was blasted open by thirty-six armor-piercing shells augmented with law-rending spells, its spiritual light dimming as it fell and flew away, and then another thirty-six armor-piercing shells slammed into the despairing mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, shattering his spell shield, sending chunks of flesh and blood spraying.

"Continue the bombardment!"

"It feels so easy!"

Jin Jin Lingfeng personally operated tank cannons to blast and kill several late-Foundation Establishment cultivators, excitedly saying: "The Great Sun Sword Son and the Immortal Gate army group are such a perfect match. No need to worry about defense, just keep shelling."

The Immortal Gate army group was actually also very extreme.

Strong offense, weak defense, madly stacking investigative-type Immortal Dao technological means, even developing investigative pseudo-Immortal spells that only central array spirit computers could deploy, all to discover enemies one step faster and destroy them before they got close.

"Basic defense still needs attention."

Second Army Group Commander An Siyan reminded.

"I know, I know."

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

One armor-piercing shell after another tore across the sky, blotting out the sun, never pausing for an instant, ruthlessly bombarding every Foundation Establishment cultivator exposed within the range of the spirit-substance radar waves.

Occasionally, a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator would try to tank over a dozen volleys of battalion-grade armor-piercing shells, only to immediately draw the encirclement of several tank regiments, and amid the wailing of top-grade Dharma artifacts, be reduced to chunks of flesh and blood.

Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace true disciples, however, enjoyed an even higher grade of treatment.

The moment one was spotted,

several tank divisions' worth of armor-piercing shells would immediately swarm in for the kill; even if they possessed some of the abilities of a Jin Dan cultivator, within a few breaths they would be beaten apart, burning their essence blood to transform into streaks of escape light fleeing into the distance.

Clang!

A sword cry descended, and the escape lights of these frantically fleeing Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace true disciples paused for an instant, then amid the skyful of azure sword qi they were reduced to tiny fragments, not a shred of vitality remaining.

"Where is it?"

Jiang Ding's attention at this moment was not on the battlefield.

Apart from occasionally slashing down a sword to kill Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace true disciples who used their trump cards to flee, he concealed his form and burst forth at full speed, flying back and forth along the edges of the battlefield, his sword intent sweeping the surrounding area over and over within a ten-kilometer range.

Occasionally, he would fly out dozens of kilometers, circling the battlefield, tracing irregular flight paths.

"Not here."

"Not this way either, maybe went in that direction…"

Searching again and again.

Hide-and-seek is precisely this kind of fun.

He had absolute certainty — as long as the Brother Xuanwu alternate Dao Child appeared within the range of his sword intent, he would definitely find them; no concealment would be of any use.

But if they never entered that range, then there was nothing to be done.

"Blood Soul Tracking Arrow?"

"No good, not up to the task. The Liu Dao Sect's methods are far inferior to Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace's; this special low-grade Dharma treasure is utterly useless."

Jiang Ding calculated rapidly in his heart.

Concealing his escape light, soaring through the sky, randomly searching for possible enemies — his speed was far greater than theirs, so there was still a chance.

Suddenly, the invisible transparent sword-shaped escape light paused.

He looked toward the blue-skirt fairy who had suddenly appeared within his ten-kilometer sword intent range, carefully concealing herself as she fled at Jin Dan Chu Qi speed.

An icy white mist billowed around her, freezing soul and spirit.

"Great Sun Sword Child!"

Li Han slowly turned and also looked toward the blue-robed youth in the sky.

"Somewhat familiar."

"Feels a bit like Yinwu Master Dinghai Zhenjun's aura. Your Dharma intent and her sword intent share similarities — equally nauseating."

Jiang Ding Zi murmured.

The interlaced magnetic-sensing patterns between his brows flickered, a deep, dark cave opening up; dense arrays of magnetic-field spirit-energy killing formation lines materialized around him, the intent of annihilation spreading through heaven and earth.

"Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace's alternate Dao Child, Fairy Li Han. First meeting — my name is Jiang Ding."

"Will you cut your own throat, or shall I see you off?"

(End of chapter)