Chapter 299: The Burning Flames of Revenge

In the heavily fortified city where the Mongol army retreated to defend, East Prefecture City.

"We're done, we're done!" The East Prefecture Governor at this moment sat in his seat, trembling.

"It's just thirty or forty thousand rebels; the governor need not panic!"

The East Prefecture Commander in charge of defending the city showed a hint of contempt in his eyes, but considering the other's identity, he could only suppress his inner irritation and say.

"Those thirty or forty thousand ants are nothing; the trouble is that immortal. Do you know what it means for an immortal to descend to the mortal world?"

The East Prefecture Governor looked at the East Prefecture Commander as if he were an idiot, but soon fell into silence and began trembling on his own.

He knew the East Prefecture Commander didn't know, as the saying goes, ignorance breeds no fear; the East Prefecture Commander lacking past-life memories was fortunate, but how could their kind of Mongol Golden Bloodline Descendants not know?

The so-called Golden Bloodline Descendants are merely Mongolians who have awakened past-life memories; this is also the most traditional method of testing, for most of them were strong in life, enabling them to break through karmic obstacles and awaken in this cycle of reincarnation.

This blood sacrifice was also jointly promoted by them, hoping to restore their strength through this means and thus escape the clutches of Jiuzhou.

For those whose memories and past have not been erased and who are reborn later, even if their soul origins are completely identical, can they truly still be considered the same person?

To troublemakers, perhaps there is no difference, but to these former foreign deities or powerhouses, it is nothing short of a utter disaster.

The East Prefecture Commander is a tall, armored general hailing from Mongolia; his soul is also that of a foreign powerhouse, yet he has not awakened his memories, only his powerful bloodline.

After receiving the gift of Heaven of Longevity, even in daily life his body is nearly two and a half meters tall.

Although he now stood below, he could still look down on the governor seated on the throne; seeing the other's timid trembling, contempt instantly arose in his heart, and he spoke bluntly.

"Governor, you can rest assured; I will guard the city well. If you worry about your safety, you may simply hand over the city to me and flee to the royal court yourself!"

Faced with those almost usurping boastful words, the governor stopped trembling, his lowered eyes full of mockery, yet he did not directly turn against the East Prefecture Commander.

Instead, he went along with the other's words and dismounted from his donkey down the slope.

"Since the general harbors such great ambition, I will hand over East Prefecture City to the general; this is my seal and token, all city affairs great and small are entrusted to the general, and I will immediately return to the royal court to seek aid!"

"If the general can hold out until the royal court's reinforcements arrive, I am willing, as a descendant of the Golden Bloodline, to request merit for the general!"

The East Prefecture Commander remained dazed after the East Prefecture Governor left, not knowing what had happened, but he realized that at this moment he was the apex of authority in East Prefecture City.

"Idiot, stay here and wait to die!"

The East Prefecture Governor, having left East Prefecture, wore a sneer; never mind this paltry force—back then they were all deities, yet Jiuzhou still shattered the world, remaking the entire world into chaos.

Ever since he learned of Mu Yi's appearance, he has fallen completely into panic; previously they thought perhaps Jiuzhou was occupied with campaigns abroad and had no time for them.

Now it seems they have merely become a testing ground for Jiuzhou, or perhaps a part of Jiuzhou itself.

Thus he actively reduced his forces, aiming to buy as much time as possible, seeking aid from the Mongol court and from more comrades.

Alas, the plea for aid sank like a stone; he does not know whether it was intercepted or those foolish companions had other ideas.

Clearly the best course is to go all-in, slay this new deity, perhaps thereby buying them more time...

The East Prefecture Governor thought, and suddenly realized those foolish companions were using him as an obstacle, hindering the expansion of the Jiuzhou deity's steps, to buy them time.

Even if he could be saved, they simply had no intention of saving him.

"A bunch of idiots; as long as this bastard remains in this world, our plan cannot succeed!" The East Prefecture Governor flew into a rage.

He could not understand how a newly placed deity being tested in this world could possibly have no one watching.

To attempt to carry out the plan while being watched is sheer wishful thinking.

They are nothing but lab rats under observation; to break out they can only sneak about, and to flee in front of their observers, do they really think those observers won't intervene?

"Die, all of you die; only when you're all dead will I have a chance!" The East Prefecture Governor's face turned ferocious, yet before he could flee the bounds of East Prefecture...

"What chance?" A gentle voice sounded in his ear.

He burst forth with power like a startled bird, attacking backward, but before he could turn his body, an indescribable gravity directly pressed him to the ground.

Watching Chuyi subdue the opponent with a swipe of its claw, Mu Yi's face also showed a hint of complexity.

This world has a ceiling, completely different from his expectation of directly attaining a fifth-rank deity through incense.

Merely reaching level twenty‑five, he could advance no further.

Thus when his Incense Golden Body could make no progress, Chuyi became the greatest beneficiary.

As the divine mount bound to Mu Yi, he possesses the ability to directly draw incense from the Incense Golden Body, for when the populace prays, the two appear as one.

With incense filtered through the Incense Golden Body, Chuyi's strength easily entered the realm of Legend.

Thereafter Mu Yi entrusted all the territorial ley lines to Chuyi; upon mastering them, Chuyi instantly regained his Kunlun Mountain state, nearly becoming the most terrifying presence on this land.

At the very least, Mu Yi's Incense Golden Body of the same rank is no match for Chuyi.

"I'll say nothing; damn Jiuzhou folk, if you have the guts kill me and send me back into reincarnation—I curse you, you will meet no good end!"

After sensing the divine aura emanating from Mu Yi, the governor fell into a frenzy, as if Mu Yi owed him a blood feud for patricide.

"Your mouth is still tough!"

Mu Yi curled his lip, able to tell from the other's reaction that something was off.

However, seeing the other unwilling to speak, Mu Yi also couldn't be bothered to ask.

Compared to interrogation, he had a simpler method.

That is soul‑searching; whether as the occupation of Lord of Reincarnation or as the permit of a fifth‑rank yin deity, to Mu Yi souls are nothing more than toys to play with at will.

"If you won't speak, then I'll look myself!"

Mu Yi seized the East Prefecture Governor's head and instantly refined his soul within the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

"I never expected it to be like this!"

Mu Yi scratched his head in irritation; from the information gleaned from that soul he realized the Mongols were already conducting blood sacrifices around the clock.

At this rate, those Mongol monsters of old might truly recover a portion of their strength, at least becoming entities of the world's ceiling.

The entire Mongol Empire could see its strength surge dramatically because of this blood‑sacrifice practice; by then, if he tried to finish his mission, trouble would loom large.

"Now is it a matter of who can kill faster?"

Mu Yi's face grew grim; at this pace his speed would surely fall short of the opponent's, so he must seize the time, finish his final accumulation, and strike straight at the Yellow Dragon.

"Chuyi, let's go take the city!"

He flung the enemy's corpses into the Hell Path to burn, Mu Yi shouted 'Chuyi', he himself intended to slowly attack the city, trying to minimize losses as much as possible.

But now it seems they no longer have time to continue delaying.

……

Inside Dongfu City, the city-defense general looked at the scout's returned message and fell into silence.

The enemy actually launched all their troops straight toward the city.

The city-defense general, who had been a little worried, after the scout repeatedly confirmed, finally knew the enemy's numbers and equipment, and also knew the enemy's true situation.

"Hehehe, a bunch of ants! They actually want to shake a big tree, truly overestimating themselves!"

The city-defense general laughed wildly, not taking the so-called trained 30,000 new troops to heart at all, let alone that these new troops' armor isn't even complete; even if it were, what could it do?

They're just a bunch of new soldiers who have trained for less than a month; even if they become stronger through special means, the city's defenses are no joke.

They have been preparing military supplies for many years, just to prevent an accident from happening one day.

And among them, the supplies they stockpile the most are bows and arrows, followed by spears.

These are already more than enough.

After all, it's a city defense battle; compared to armor, bows and arrows are somewhat more effective, and relatively speaking, the cost isn't too high.

The enemy numbers only thirty to forty thousand; they dare not even think of breaking through his city.

"All troops on alert, when you see the enemy enter firing range, give me a hard hit; absolutely do not let a single person enter the city."

"Soldiers in charge of the bed crossbow, don't sway left and right on your own; aim first then fire, knock down the enemy's siege equipment; you all will receive first-class merit."

The Dongfu city-defense general gathered all his subordinate officers and soldiers together to explain the matter.

While the Dongfu city-defense general was vigorously conducting an inspiring pre-battle mobilization, he horrifiedly discovered that a towering giant figure had appeared outside the city.

"Ao~"

Chuyi, standing on the giant's head, let out a long shout to the heavens; the earth giant piled up from soil, after the addition of Earth Vein Power, not only did its bodily defense increase, but even its originally dull expression became somewhat lively.

"Boom!!!"

In the Dongfu city-defense general's dazed gaze, the giant smashed a fist down onto the city wall covered in Cloud Energy.

In just an instant, the city wall collapsed halfway; the terrifying mass delivered a destructive blow to the wall in physical terms.

The city wall shrouded in Cloud Energy could withstand various magical bombardments and even hard-resist legion attacks from a large army, but against pure physical mass, its protective effect was greatly reduced.

"Legion attack!"

The Dongfu city-defense general, having come to his senses, quickly took command of all the soldiers before him, then mobilized the entire army's strength to launch a grand attack on the earth giant.

The strength of the tens of thousands-strong army gathered together, in a moment blew the earth giant apart.

However, the massive earth giant, as it fell, instantly crushed the already shaky city wall.

Looking at the collapsed city wall, the Dongfu city-defense general's heart was nearly broken; relying on the advantage of the wall, he felt he could delay even against many more enemies for a while.

By then, dragging it out until reinforcements arrive, he would directly be promoted and ennobled; wouldn't that be great for everyone?

However, before his beautiful dream could even surface, Chuyi controlled the earth giant and smashed his beautiful dream.

"Follow me!"

Gritting his teeth, the Dongfu city-defense general led all the soldiers forward toward the collapsed city wall, and along the way also gathered all the Mongol civilians to serve as auxiliary troops.

As for the other civilians, they had already been sacrificed in the blood ritual.

The Mongols, up and down, already completely crazy, were all dreaming of immortality.

Feeling the traces of lingering souls left in the city, Mu Yi's face turned somewhat cold; these civilians, perhaps some were transformed from foreign peoples, but since they are already Central Plains people, most have already identified with Jiuzhou culture and become members of Jiuzhou.

After this life's reincarnation, who knows, they might be able to reincarnate into another Jiuzhou world and become true Jiuzhou people.

And the blood sacrifice completely destroyed all of this; they didn't even have a chance for reincarnation, this inhumane act made Mu Yi, who understands the meaning of reincarnation, ignite a nameless fire.

Not entering reincarnation means they are truly dead.

Even if remnants of souls have a chance to reincarnate, after the blood sacrifice not a single remnant soul will remain.

"All troops, advance! Leave none!"

Opening the Reincarnation Barrier, Mu Yi released the ten thousand veteran soldiers and thirty thousand new troops together.

Under the leadership of the various officers, they combined into the shape of the Six Harmonies Formation and marched out toward the city.

Not long after entering the city, they head-on collided with the hastily arriving Mongol army.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Enemies meeting each other were especially red-eyed; Mu Yi's underlings, these thirty thousand able-bodied youths, were almost all avengers harmed by the blood sacrifice; upon seeing the Mongol soldiers, they were almost instantly consumed by hatred.

Fortunately, the first talent they uniformly awakened was Incineration.

The flame born in their minds ignited the will of hatred, letting them regain their senses.

But hatred did not disappear; instead, under the burning of the mental flame, it transformed into the flame of vengeance.

These flames entwined around their weapons, as if telling of the deep grudges and great hatred they bear.

Mu Yi's mouth corner twitched slightly.

The battlefield truly is a miraculous place, and mental will truly is a miraculous existence.

You never know what will happen the next second.

Even his own Incineration hasn't completed its transformation, and the veterans' Incineration hasn't produced any special variations.

As a result, it's actually these new soldiers bearing the deep grudge of a blood sea, whose flame born in the mind in less than a month, surprisingly preceded them, completing a variant evolution of Incineration under the resonance of hatred.

From the mind-flame that burns everything, it became the vengeance-flame that burns everything for revenge.

As Mu Yi, who among everyone has the deepest grasp of the Incineration talent and the strongest will, felt the vast vengeance will condensed from the army, he fell silent.

The flame in his hand representing Incineration twisted for a moment, but could not become the vengeance flame; he lacked the most fundamental will of hatred.

After a moment of silence, Mu Yi drew his sword, pointed at the enemy opposite, and shouted the one word that all avengers most wanted to hear.

"Kill!"