Chapter 1886: The Bad Marshal Comes to Kill!

Hmm? Qingqing, I wonder why I feel that our bodies seem to have gained an extra strand of karmic force?

Empress Yao Xi's beautiful eyes gazed toward Mu Qingqing.

Mu Qingqing pondered, "General, I have the same feeling."

A moment of silence.

Both women smiled charmingly.

They could not figure out the cause.

Mu Qingqing said, "Perhaps it has something to do with this heavenly auspicious omen."

Empress Yao Xi nodded, and the two strolled amidst the starry sky.

Looking ahead, the Milky Way glittered; if one emerged from it, specks of starlight fell upon their peerless forms, making them appear exquisitely beautiful beyond description.

Within the Moon Mysterious Star Sea, countless stars were shrouded in a layer of water Dao Resonance, giving off a different kind of mystery.

"General, when exactly will that prophesied person appear?" Mu Qingqing asked.

Empress Yao Xi's eyes flickered, "She will come. I have already received my father's secret order to hold fast and not sally forth, no matter how the enemy provokes."

Mu Qingqing said, "I have heard that His Majesty the Great Emperor advocates war."

Empress Yao Xi smiled and said, "His Majesty has always been thus, a war hawk. For over a thousand years there has been no battle; our empire's three great star seas have endured this long, and we do not mind enduring another hundred years. Our time will come."

Mu Qingqing said, "This frontier pass of ours can be considered the most difficult. Across from it lies the encampment of the so‑called Butcher, the Bad Marshal."

Bad Marshal!

This is the capable general under Gu Clan Elder Chen Wang!

In the endless cycle of reincarnation, it is likely that the Bad Marshal has slain the most humans.

Now the Bad Marshal has stationed troops outside the frontier pass for hundreds of years.

Every so often they come to the frontier pass to clamor, and have launched several strong assaults on it.

Fortunately, the frontier pass bears many inscribed formation lines, and the Guarding Simplicity Academy has laid down the Grand Vast Formation, which is why it has stood for over a thousand years without falling.

Empress Yao Xi and the two slowly walked to the vicinity of the frontier pass's formation lines, where the lines flowed like a star chart, resplendent.

Beyond the frontier pass lies the Gu Clan's encampment.

There, vast numbers of the Gu Clan shine brilliantly, bright as daylight, while the Refining Gu Grand Formation roars nonstop, erupting in deafening sound.

"Boom—!" "Boom—!"

Moreover, the Spirit Fire Grand Formation constantly burns the Moon Mysterious Star Sea.

Suddenly, Mu Qingqing pointed toward outside the frontier pass.

Only to see a surge suddenly rise there—not the Dao Resonance of Gu creatures, but a Gu Clan army.

The terrifying Dao Resonance of the Gu creatures surged like a vast sea, and many Gu Clan strong ones activated their attack on the Gu creatures, their aura immensely vigorous.

"Are they drilling troops?"

Mu Qingqing's beautiful eyes furrowed.

In the enemy's hands, the Gu Clan's fierce power surged, charging toward the frontier pass without losing speed.

Sword Intent Gu!

Attack Gu!

Full Effort Gu!

Battle Intent Gu!

……

Numerous Gu creatures, like Divine Yang, resonated in Dao Resonance, shaking the frontier pass's formation lines into immediate activation.

The Gu Clan army quickly charged onto the frontier pass.

They began to strongly assault the frontier pass's formation lines.

"Dong dong dong dong dong!"

A burst of urgent ancient bell tolls rang out in the human tribe's encampment.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

The guards tasked with holding the line blew the horn, and many signal spirit objects flickered with Divine Light above the Void.

Empress Yao Xi's face showed a solemn hue, "After the heavenly auspicious omen, can the Bad Marshal restrain himself from acting?"

She raised her jade hand high, and the Tiger Talisman shot forth toward the heavens,

"Hiss!"

Battle intent soared to the heavens.

She had already ordered the Imperial Guard to assemble, ready at any moment.

Although the encampment's formation lines are sturdy, each impact of the Bad Marshal shatters some spots, allowing some enemies to rush in.

These enemies must be slain, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Whoosh."

Empress Yao Xi stepped into the void, beneath her jade feet a Water Dao Diagram unfolded like a calm lake, and her body was cloaked in a layer of mist.

The entire Moon Mysterious Star Sea exhaled a mysterious "Dao" and "Rhyme," resonating with Empress Yao Xi.

Soon.

The great army had already gathered, and all the frontier pass's formation lines were fully activated.

Beneath the frontier pass, Xiao Liang rode a white donkey, wielding the Spirit Sword Wine Follower, his sword pointed at the Yaochi Empress.

His subordinates, the Gu Clan strong ones, all shouted aloud.

"Commander Du Ying, tonight the moonlight is lovely—why not do battle?"

Shouts shook the heavens, drums sounded in unison.

Empress Yao Xi wore heavy armor, her beautiful eyes gazing downwards, saying nothing.

Her father had already issued a secret order, forbidding her from going to battle.

The great army under her command garrisoned at the base; part of the army sat cross-legged, emitting continuous Dao Resonance, pouring it into the defensive grand formation, while another part stood ready in strict formation.

Although they did not fight, they must always be prepared.

"Junior Sister Yao Xi?"

The Bad Commander sent a mental transmission to Empress Yao Xi.

Du Ying's beautiful eyes slightly furrowed, "Bad Commander, what do you mean?"

She regarded this as a provocation.

That Bad Commander actually gave her a secret mental transmission?

Is he trying to make some kind of deal with her!?

Wait……the Bad Commander today seems to have become different.

He wore a bamboo hat, held a blade of grass in his mouth, gripped a spirit sword, and his sword intent was stern.

"Not quite right."

Because the Bad Commander's sword intent now does not come from the Sword Intent Gu, but is his own.

Mu Qingqing beside him also sensed something amiss.

When has the Gu Clan ever undergone bitter cultivation?

"General Du, the spirit sword in the Bad Commander's hand is strange! It actually contains the immense obsession and will of our human race!" Mu Qingqing said solemnly.

Du Ying said, "Is this his confidence?"

But the next scene left her frozen in place.

Only to see countless Gu Clan members frenziedly charging toward the Imperial Guard Grand Formation.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Imperial Guard Grand Formation continually shifted Dao diagrams, blasting out vast quantities of Attack Dao Diagrams.

Know that the core of this formation pattern is the Water Dao Diagram, in harmony with the Yue Xuan Star Sea Grand Dao, combining offense and defense.

The forging of this formation was personally overseen by his father, Du Ruoshui.

"The Way of Water can attack, and also defend."

Facing the Gu Clan's assault, this grand formation, like a vast sea and mighty river, can absorb offensive power, refine it, and likewise stir up towering waves to launch attacks.

Only to see, a chilling great sword manifested, its body translucent, its sword resonance abundant.

It directly slashed down!

"Pfft!"

Dozens of Gu Clan experts were slain by the great sword!

Their bodies exploded, like splendid fireworks!

Meanwhile, the formation pattern manifested another enormous water beast, its body immensely huge, coiled above the Void, roaring repeatedly, its huge mouth lunging forward to swallow.

Vast amounts of Water Dao Resonance surged forth.

Dozens of Gu Clan members were directly swallowed into the water beast's mouth, the Gu parasites within their bodies bursting apart one after another.

All annihilated!

Empress Yao Xi slightly furrowed her brows, feeling something odd.

What's the situation?

How come the Gu Clan today seems to have weakened?

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