Chapter 450: Poor Ghost

The deputy general was dumbfounded.

He was not from a high-ranking family, and there were also newly recruited cultivators in the White Jade Camp. The emotions of these people at this time were quite complicated.

But in the White Jade Camp, the main body were members of the great aristocratic families in the capital and the families of generals for generations.

Shuang Jing's words deeply resonated with them, leading to the successful condensation of the military heart, and morale was boosted by more than thirty percent.

The soldiers of the Savage Monster Camp rushed to the front of the formation and were immediately induced by the Jade Wall Heaven Trench Formation.

The air rippled one after another.

The cultivators of the Savage Monster Camp approaching the White Jade Camp were all forcibly transmitted back along the original path.

"Save me, we are our own people!"

Many people roared in disbelief.

More and more cultivators were transmitted back and were cruelly slaughtered by the Thousand Peaks Forest Golden Core pursuers.

They quickly recognized the cruel reality, cursed one after another, and cursed quite unpleasantly.

Someone in the White Jade Camp heard it, frowned, and directly opened the bed crossbow, directly shooting and killing a Foundation Establishment cultivator who was cursing.

The cultivators of the Savage Monster Camp were completely terrified, the cursing and swearing sounds dropped sharply, and they turned around one after another, trying to bypass the White Jade Camp and flee in all directions.

But as long as these people's movements were wrong, they were all instantly killed by the Golden Core pursuers of the Thousand Peaks Forest.

Shuang Jing's expression changed, and his voice spread throughout the army: "I haven't given the order, who dares to move without authorization? Those who just took action, thirty military boards after the war, as a warning to others!"

Not saving is iron-blooded leading troops, but taking action to kill friendly forces is not right. After returning, he will inevitably be impeached.

Although Shuang Jing was secretly happy in his heart, he immediately opened his mouth and made a cut.

The cultivator who opened the bed crossbow and shot and killed the friendly forces heard the punishment and still held his head high: "So what if it's thirty military boards? I just did it."

His status and background are not simple, so he is not afraid in the slightest.

"Keep the grandfather's urine nature!" People around praised loudly.

Seeing the White Jade Camp perform like this, the Golden Core cultivators of the Thousand Peaks Forest were at a loss and looked around.

Especially Diao Ye and Wu Lan, they knew very well that their High Priest had been hiding and following, just waiting for the latter to make a decision.

Poison Belly High Priest's brows were twisted into a knot at this moment.

The execution of Cave Master Moyuan's strategy was actually getting further and further away from the estimate.

First, Xu Dali fought to the death without retreating, and now, Shuang Jing is holding the line with steady, unwavering defense.

"The White Jade Battalion is mostly composed of children from noble and wealthy families; if they are overrun and turn into a routed army, the Golden Halberd Army will be forced to intervene and save them."

"If they don't save them, Sun Gan won't be able to get a good outcome upon returning to the capital, even if he has established many military merits."

As the High Priest, Tu Ming manages countless personnel matters for the Hundred Poisons Tribe and possesses great political talent, which allows him to clearly understand the ingenuity of the design by the Cave Master of Mo Yuan.

Although the White Jade Battalion is certainly inferior to the Golden Halberd Army in terms of combat power, it is extremely important and constitutes a key point.

Once this army falls into chaos, the entire rear guard will fall into chaos.

"It seems I must exert my full strength!" Tu Ming had deliberately held back before, having already steeled himself in his heart.

Even if he lacked the resolve to pay the price, the divine decree upon him would help him establish the resolve to go all out!

Divine Ability — Ten Thousand Serpent Poison Stream.

A foul wind rose suddenly, and dark clouds layered over the sky. After a few breaths, black clouds blotted out the heavens!

Drops of poisonous water fell from the black clouds, pattering down to form a sheet of poisonous rain.

The steady drizzle soon turned into a torrential downpour.

The poisonous rain enveloped the entire White Jade Battalion.

Inside the White Jade Battalion, the soldiers operated the Jade Wall Heavenly Moat Array, generating countless ripples in the air.

The ripples were dense and countless, sending the poisonous rain back.

But this lasted only a few breaths before Shuang Jing took the initiative to call a halt.

There was no choice; the cost of sending the raindrops back was too heavy, and the White Jade Battalion could hardly sustain it.

Shuang Jing took out a jade slip.

On the surface of the jade slip were large, vertically written characters—"Gao Sheng's Last Testament"!

With a military manual in one hand and a general's seal in the other, Shuang Jing fiercely poured his magic power into both.

Thus, he activated the full power of the Jade Wall Heavenly Moat Array.

Boom!

Accompanied by a loud noise, a white jade wall as huge as a mountain suddenly took shape, forming a phantom that covered the entire White Jade Battalion.

The poisonous rain dripped onto the jade wall, corroding it violently with a hissing sound and rising wisps of poisonous smoke, but it only eroded the surface and could not reach the depths of the jade wall, let alone the soldiers sheltered beneath it.

Tu Ming's expression changed drastically: "There is actually a battle array dharma image?"

Nascent Soul cultivators break their cores to form infants. Soul Transformation cultivators grow their infants into spirits, known as Primordial Spirits, and can even split off a second Primordial Spirit.

And above Soul Transformation is the Void Refinement realm.

At this stage, the Primordial Spirit becomes incomparably strong, forming a dharma image. The dharma image of a powerhouse can support the heavens and tread upon the earth, possessing terrifying power.

A battle array dharma image is the concrete manifestation of power, condensed by the sages of military strategy and array formations who exhausted their wisdom to imitate the mysteries of Void Refinement, combining national strength, array power, and military tactics.

"Only elite troops and good generals, having trained hard for many years and experienced the battlefield, can condense a battle array dharma image. How could the White Jade Battalion have one?!" Tu Ming did not believe the scene before him; he took a deep breath and unleashed another layer of his divine ability's transformation.

As the poisonous rain fell, the poison liquid condensed into individual pitch-black poisonous snakes.

The poisonous snakes hissed, varying in size; the small ones were only at the Qi Refining level, the medium ones had the aura of Foundation Establishment magic power, and the largest ones coiled like elephants, possessing Golden Core-level strength.

Thousands of poisonous snakes gathered into an army, their bodies carrying trails of poisonous water; some slithered and charged on the ground, while others coiled and corroded the dharma image of the white jade wall.

White Jade Battalion.

A subordinate reported at high speed: "Lord Shuang, it's bad; the magic power pool is consuming energy at an accelerated rate, and one of them is already nearly bottoming out."

Shuang Jing nodded and immediately gave the order to deploy the Poison-Repelling Grass Doll Dao soldiers.

The cultivators received the order and took out palm-sized grass doll puppets from their bosoms.

Accompanied by the infusion of magic power, these grass doll puppets grew with the wind, reaching the size of ten-year-old children, and holding hands, they rushed out of the jade wall in groups.

The grass dolls giggled; wherever they went, the poison liquid was purified into clear water, and the poisonous snakes' bodies shrank violently, constantly collapsing.

Tu Ming stared: "These are all grass dolls woven from top-grade poison-repelling grass, forming Dao soldiers. The lowest are at the Foundation Establishment level, and there are even grass dolls woven from poison-repelling grass at the Golden Core and even Nascent Soul levels!"

Tu Ming gritted his teeth.

The poison liquid was transformed from his own magic power, and it had already consumed forty percent of his magic power by now.

He solemnly took out an elixir and placed it in his mouth.

After digesting it, the medicinal power immediately converted into magic power, slowly bringing about his recovery.

White Jade Battalion.

Those cultivators who had deployed the poison-repelling grass dolls had also consumed a great deal of magic power and appeared exhausted and listless.

Shuang Jing gave the order again to activate the Tower of Sage Light Illumination.

The Illumination Tower was activated, shooting out beams of spiritual light. The spiritual light was incomparably precise, striking every one of his own cultivators who had depleted their magic power.

These cultivators were instantly revitalized, their magic power replenished to its peak state, and their postures straightened.

The largest beam of light shone on Shuang Jing; as a Nascent Soul cultivator, he also let out a long sigh of relief, his magic power instantly replenished, and his spirits greatly boosted.

"Release the Golden Light Sparrow for me!"

A Nascent Soul-level demonic beast was released.

National arts can control demonic beasts, and demonic beasts can also receive official ranks, becoming national beasts.

Many high-ranking officials have national beasts sealed and lurking on their official robes. Once they encounter danger, they can be released to face the enemy.

The Golden Light Sparrow was extremely fast, like a golden rainbow cutting through the sky.

A Golden Core cultivator of the Thousand Peaks Forest only felt a flash of golden light before his eyes, and then he fell into endless darkness.

To outsiders, it looked as if this Golden Core cultivator had been lightly pecked by the Golden Light Sparrow, pecking his head to pieces.

The Golden Light Sparrow struck repeatedly, leaving two more Thousand Peaks Forest Golden Core cultivators dead and wounded.

The wounded one possessed a teleportation talisman, and after luckily saving his life, he fled frantically.

The scattered Golden Core cultivators had no battle array, no protection of national strength, and no heaven-defying talent; they simply had no way to stand before a Nascent Soul-level entity.

The Golden Light Sparrow had keen perception, and it soon discovered Tu Ming and attacked him.

Tu Ming cultivated toxins, and although his physical body had some foundation, it was not his main focus; how could it compare to a demonic beast?

He could only maintain his divine ability while retreating in flight, using various means to resist the Golden Light Sparrow's attacks.

Inside the White Jade Battalion, Shuang Jing saw that the opportunity for battle had appeared and decisively gave the order to switch battle arrays.

The outer-layer cultivators still operated and maintained the Jade Wall Heavenly Moat Array, while the inner-layer elite troops and personal guards formed the Dragon Tooth Array.

"Aim at him for me! Fire arrows!" Shuang Jing shouted.

Thousands of pure white feathered arrows, carrying the might of the battle array, flew out and immediately condensed into a white jade divine dragon.

The divine dragon roared, and with the help of the Heavenly Moat Array's teleportation, it instantly pounced on Tu Ming and swallowed him in one bite.

The next moment, Tu Ming crashed through the phantom of the white dragon, spraying pitch-black poisonous blood all the way as he fled in a sorry state.

Shuang Jing laughed heartily and said proudly: "The 'Gao Sheng's Last Testament' in my hand was written by the Void Refinement great expert General Gao himself, and its market value is inestimable."

"The poison-repelling grass dolls I distributed cost twenty-six million low-grade spirit stones just for the procurement of the poison-repelling grass. Counting the fees for inviting the temple keepers, invoking divine power, and refining the Dao soldiers, the total cost is fifty-two million low-grade spirit stones!"

"Every time the Tower of Sage Light Illumination fires, it consumes ten times more spirit stones than a cultivator replenishing their own energy."

"The feeding cost for the Golden Light Sparrow is about two hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones per day."

"The thousands of arrows just now, each one is a Foundation Establishment-level weapon; this round of firing cost over seven million low-grade spirit stones. A Nascent Soul-level cultivator's monthly income is barely that much."

"What do you have to compare with me?"

"Bah, you country bumpkin!!"

As if he had heard these words from Shuang Jing, Tu Ming, in the midst of his flight, spat out another large mouthful of black blood.

Three Generals Battalion.

Chen Lingfeng and other Golden Core cultivators frowned as they looked at the strictly disciplined Three Generals Battalion.

"When shall we make our move?" The Golden Core cultivators were led by Chen Lingfeng.

Chen Lingfeng said: "Do not be impatient; Wu Hen has already infiltrated the army. We only need to wait for him to assassinate one of the three generals, and then we can launch our offensive."

"If he cannot find an opportunity, that military advisor Ning Zhuo, who can calculate ambushes, is also a target to be eliminated!"

Wu Hen transformed into a black shadow, using the shadows of the soldiers cast on the ground to hide himself, constantly leaping and shuttling through the army.

Although the Three Generals Battalion had formed an array, it was a newly established army with insufficient military strength; it could block others, but it could not block Wu Hen.

This was because the method Wu Hen cultivated originated from the Night Rain Dynasty and was a strangeness that ordinary people could hardly understand!