Chapter 304: The Legion's Blooming Talent

"What a powerful toxin!"

Mu Yi's expression grew solemn for a moment, then he suddenly burst into laughter.

A toxin that can extinguish the fire of vengeance is clearly beyond the explanation of ordinary physical poison; it can be called a divine skill, or something else entirely.

But Mu Yi has seen things far more disgusting and vile than this, so he wasn't frightened at all—he even felt like laughing.

The foul‑smelling toxic mist began to spread at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hell Path!"

Mu Yi activated his barrier, pulling all the toxic mist into the Hell Path.

Having previously dealt with Xiangliu, Mu Yi is now quite adept at handling this kind of opponent.

The Hell Path spread fully, and the poisoned soldiers, under the purifying blaze, rejoined the fight.

The Tiger-Head Spider, seeing this, was skeptical and intensified its spray of toxic mist.

Mu Yi looked at it with a hint of disgust; after all, it was once a true deity, and its fall to this state was truly lamentable.

Nevertheless, he had no intention of continuing against the Tiger-Head Spider; even if it didn't affect them, the lingering stench alone was nauseating enough.

"All this hiding and fleeing isn't just to accumulate incense!"

Mu Yi tossed the Mountain Water Seal he held; the tiny seal, the moment it left his hand, expanded rapidly, appearing in the sky like a mountain range. Just hanging there, the air rang with the sound of something overloaded and cracking.

In an unbound world, one can always devise some flamboyant tricks.

He has led his squad in guerrilla warfare for so long that whenever they pass a place, he temporarily taps the Earth Vein and Water Vein, drawing a portion of the Earth Vein into the Mountain Water Seal.

The few Mongol Mountain Gods in pursuit had far less authority than Mu Yi and Chu Yi's official ranks; moreover, Chu Yi had been dueling them constantly, so they didn't even notice Mu Yi's subtle moves.

After all, when vying for authority, the struggle itself impacts the Earth Vein, requiring gradual tidying later.

But now they have no time; they must keep chasing Mu Yi, without even a moment to digest, endlessly battling and then endlessly relinquishing.

The sky‑blocking Mountain Water Seal crashed straight toward the Tiger-Head Spider's position.

The moment the Mountain Water Seal appeared, the Tiger-Head Spider became alert.

Now, seeing the seal falling, it immediately adopted a countermeasure.

"Roar!"

The Tiger-Head roared, and the spider's various mutated spots spewed massive webs that hung in space, forming large nets that intercepted the Mountain Water Seal.

At the same time, its originally towering body suddenly swelled, becoming larger and more twisted; although no tentacles grew on its limbs, muscles covered its entire form.

Even the once‑normal Tiger-Head now twisted, resembling a monster with features of snakes, oxen, horses… and other animals, a grotesque amalgam.

Its effort proved effective; the Mountain Water Seal halted mid‑air under multiple bindings.

The monster spider opened its mouth, intending to spew toxin at the Mountain Water Seal to corrode its spirit.

But as soon as it opened its mouth, an invisible sense of oppression rose abruptly from its core.

"Heaven‑Man Path!"

Mu Yi stared at the Mountain Water Seal suspended in midair, extended a finger, and infused it with divinity.

In the next instant, the winds and clouds shifted, and it seemed the world was illuminated solely by the radiant Mountain Water Seal.

Earlier it was merely the shape of a mountain range; now it possessed the mountain's divine aura, as if a real mountain were crashing down from the sky.

In an instant, all the monster spider's schemes were crushed under a withering pressure; the colossal, mountain‑like Mountain Water Seal descended with an unbearable weight, brutally crushing the monster spider.

The mutated body offered the monster spider little security; its limbs, trying to support it, snapped inch by inch under the crushing weight.

"Boom!"

There was no surprise; all resistance became meaningless.

As the shockwave spread, the ground shuddered violently, and any Mongol soldiers who hadn't fled within the Mountain Water Seal's radius turned instantly into clumps of flesh.

Mu Yi looked at the monster spider with a slight sneer; perhaps it had once been a deity, but in this realm it was merely a 25‑level Legend, not even a high‑level Legend.

Compared with the power of Heaven and Earth, a Legend's strength is not insurmountable.

Though stronger than the fallen city‑defending general, its strength is limited; after all, both share the foundation of a foreign god.

The monster spider, however, has awakened its memories, whereas the city‑defending general only awakened a fragment of lingering power.

With a flick of his hand, Mu Yi withdrew the Mountain Water Seal; a brief wince crossed his face, as the Earth Vein Power he had painstakingly gathered was drained ninety percent in a single strike.

No matter the world, war is truly a money‑burning affair.

The opponent had even tried to vanish underground before them, but Chu Yi instantly shattered all its fantasies.

Other Mountain Gods interfered, slowing the expansion to a crawl, yet Chu Yi's controlled Earth Vein continued to expand.

No strict limits were needed; a moment's interference was already sufficient.

"Not dead yet? Your vitality is stubborn!"

Watching the monster struck head‑on by the Mountain Water Seal, lying in a crater as if hit by a meteor, its shattered body writhed, emitting waves of painful, desperate roars.

"Now you want to run? Too late! Kill!"

At the command, the legion that had previously avoided the monster spider instantly turned and charged toward it.

"Slash!"

Guan Linglong, the most lethal officer under Mu Yi, led his personal guard at the forefront.

The blade flash fell like wings hanging from the heavens.

A deep venom of resentment flashed in the monster spider's eyes; it recognized this technique, or rather, some foreign deity within it recognized it.

Many of the spirits it devoured had been slain by this move, their bodies and chances of resurrection severed, which gave the monster spider the opportunity to consume those shattered true spirit fragments.

"Ah!"

Before the blade could reach it, the monster spider's soul seemed to wail, the pain of total severance spreading through its body, and the true spirits it had devoured also howled.

Those were the shadows left when they were cut down by Guan Sheng Dijun.

But a shadow remains a shadow; although Guan Linglong is a legitimate heir of the Guan Blade, he cannot even display a ten‑thousandth of its divine resonance.

Regarding this, Mu Yi can truly be called a successor of the Guan Blade, for Guan Sheng Dijun once displayed his blade intent before him without reservation; Mu Yi does not know the Guan Blade, but he has grasped its true meaning.

The blade's light fell on the monster, but after a single cut it could not go deeper.

The monster spider's body is fragile before the Mountain Water Seal, yet that does not mean it is truly fragile.

Guan Linglong's mobilization of the guard and a strike of Cloud Energy only left a gruesome wound on its body; without the intervening injury, that wound might not even be fatal.

However, large‑scale warfare does not rely solely on individuals or a single legion; cooperation is paramount.

Successive attacks slammed down along the wound Guan Linglong slashed, and the already dying giant spider, under a storm of assaults, fled at lightning speed.

"Can you all endure this?"

Mu Yi clutched his Incense Flame Golden Body, intending to strike the arriving foreign deity head‑on.

But until the giant spider was slain in the deep pit, not a single person emerged; even the Mountain God and Water God who had been contesting Chu Yi's ley‑line permits did not appear.

"Abandon the chariot to protect the commander?" Mu Yi stroked his chin, uncertain of the other foreign deities' thoughts.

Although these foreign deities are now a bit mad, they would not simply abandon a comrade, would they?

We originally planned to encircle and aid, but without the enemy's reinforcements, how can we encircle and aid?

While Mu Yi was pondering, the Mongol army that had intended to retreat seemed to receive a command and surged forward again.

"Feint east, strike west?"

A flash of insight struck Mu Yi's mind, and he swiftly extended his consciousness along the divine statue back to the gathering place.

With a single glance, Mu Yi's complexion turned thoroughly grim.

These foreign deities truly are former true gods; they can even sever the link between them and the Incense Flame Golden Body.

This side has already fallen into a bitter battle, even some are praying before the divine statue, while he receives no news from that side.

An unknown barrier shrouds the gathering place; massive Mongol troops, like monsters, are besieging the city, but fortunately the Incense Flame Golden Body controls all earth veins, water veins, and nether around the gathering place.

The city functions as the Divine Realm of the Incense Flame Golden Body; though heavily assaulted, none can breach it.

"One, two… three."

Mu Yi squinted and counted; outside the city, about three foreign deities the size of giant spiders were joining the siege.

Fortunately he left many people at the gathering place; it looks perilous, but under the support of the Incense Flame Golden Body, there will be no problem in the short term.

"The enemy is not a stake; when I plot against others, are they also plotting against me?"

"But turning the scheme back on the scheme is also an exciting part!"

Mu Yi inhaled deeply, drew his sword, and led the remaining reserve into the battlefield.

In that brief moment, he conceived a bold idea.

Since you play feint east, strike west, I'll simply turn the ploy, turning your feint east into my luring the tiger from the mountain.

"Kill!"

Like a dragon diving into the sea, Mu Yi, with his reserve behind, began to weave through the Mongol army.

Mu Yi, at full power, with his guard, faced the stagnant Mongol front; breaking the blockade was like using a master key—basically instant, blockade? nonexistent!

Even if someone blocks the road, one big slash from me clears it instantly.

Various command lines are cut, various maneuvers run; the efficiency makes the still‑mind Mongol officers break out in cold sweat, the blockade completely fails!

They understand what Mu Yi is doing, which is why they feel despair.

The Mongol soldiers' twisted will makes their army somewhat stagnant; moreover, their commander was taken down by a deity at the start, leaving them only to cooperate with each other.

But battlefield command needs a leader; without a head, their command is a total mess.

After the foreign deities fell, they prepared to retreat, but the order from Eternal Heaven commanded them to block Mu Yi at all costs, buying time.

Even if they all die, they must keep Mu Yi delayed here.

They originally intended to use the most rigid, textbook method against Mu Yi.

Yet the breach in the front line is instantly seen by Mu Yi; though it offers a bit of revenge fire, his Independent Belief Zone has already been erected.

It observes the Mongol army's movements from a God's‑eye view.

And no one on the Mongol side can match Mu Yi.

In this situation, Mu Yi's formation‑breaking ability is almost at the level of god‑blocking god, Buddha‑blocking Buddha.

Honestly, Mu Yi's command ability is roughly comparable to the officers' coordinated command, with a slight edge in some aspects.

However, the problem is Mu Yi charges at the front line, while those officers are scattered across the army, relying entirely on coordinated command; can their command efficiency be the same?

Impossible; moreover Mu Yi has an Independent Belief Zone, a God's‑eye view and zero‑latency command, while those headless Mongol officers have nothing to fight with.

Their encirclement had not even begun to move, yet Mu Yi had already stepped out of their circle and killed his way out.

And Mu Yi is not fighting alone; he weaves inside while officers like Yang Wei Ping and Guan Linglong outside are frantically dismantling the army's structure.

Mongol troops fight to the death without retreat; they know no fear, but once the army's structure is dismantled, they cannot even activate Cloud Energy, so any fearlessness becomes futile.

One hundred thousand Mongol soldiers are collapsing at a staggering speed.

During this process, Mu Yi finally understood what had long been yearning within his heart.

It stems from the resonance between himself and his troops, one of the most important foundational abilities for a Military Strategist's officers.

"Bloom, using this body as the boundary!"

After Mu Yi slashed a Mongol officer dead, he laughed, raised his sword, and a brilliant deep‑red light covered all the troops.

"Legion Talent!"

The Mongol officers recognized this, and fell into despair.

They know what Legion Talent is; some among them once possessed this power, but it requires not only oneself but also the resonance of the troops to manifest.

Now the Mongol soldiers' wills are twisted, leaving only a sliver of clarity, making it impossible to unleash Legion Talent.

Seeing Mu Yi brandish his weapon, radiating Legion Talent, they felt a heaviness in their hearts.

They were already hard to resist Mu Yi; now they are certainly no match.