Chapter 466: Great Martial Concealed Slaughter

Wu Tie found Zhu Yi.

She was pulling Xuanlong, chattering proudly about her achievements; if she hadn't promptly sent Wu Tie to rush over as reinforcements, those thunderbird demons would have already snatched away many of the Kuafu tribe's children.

So, Zhu Yi thought that, because of her contribution, Xuanlong should generously produce their Kuafu tribe's secret peach blossom gum to repay her.

In the myth, Kuafu chased the sun, was scorched to death by its heat, fell to the ground, and his peach-wood staff turned into a vast peach forest, which inherently holds something extraordinary. Perhaps because of this legend, the Kuafu tribe of Wanlong Ridge possesses a remarkable ability in their bloodline.

They have a unique ability in cultivating peach trees: the trees they raise are lush and beautiful in form, and the peach blossoms they produce are huge and vividly colored, moreover supremely beautiful and fragrant for miles.

The peaches borne by the Kuafu tribe's cultivated peach trees can be called spiritual medicine.

But the most precious is the gum secreted by these peach trees. The gum from ordinary peach trees already rivals the finest wound medicine; whether applied externally or taken internally, it excellently promotes wound healing, nourishes essence and blood, and nourishes yin while supplementing yang.

And for peach trees over a hundred years old, or over a thousand, after their gum blends with the pollen of the corresponding peach blossoms, the resulting peach blossom gum can be called an supreme elixir for nourishing both body and soul.

Putting it this way: for someone whose body is nearly shattered and soul almost pulverized, a severe injury that ordinary medicines cannot heal, as long as they long-term consume the Kuafu tribe's secret peach blossom gum, they can gradually nourish and recover, leaving no hidden wounds in body or soul, and will absolutely be restored to a perfect peak state.

Such a divine medicine shows how precious it is.

Zhu Yi grabbed Xuanlong's hand, like a thug coming to collect a debt, shouting loudly: "Xuanlong, stingy wretch, look at me, look at me, you look into my eyes, answer me with your conscience—if I hadn't sent Huo Xiong as reinforcements, how many of your clansmen would have been lost?"

"How, several thousand lives, and you won't even bring out a jar… ten jars of thousand-year peach blossom gum for me to taste? I've been buying you drinks each time!" Zhu Yi gave Xuanlong, who was flushed with anger, a look of disdain: "You're really miserly, wild girl!"

Xuanlong clenched his fist and threw a clean, powerful punch straight at Zhu Yi's nose.

Zhu Yi shouted, her body jerking backward in retreat, and she roared angrily: "Ungrateful, repaying kindness with enmity… do you want to fight?"

Xuanlong somehow produced a large wooden club, brandished it, and swung it at Zhu Yi: "How dare you say Huo Xiong is yours? Heck, the one our tribe should be grateful to is Huo Xiong—what does that have to do with you, red-haired girl?"

"Do you think I'm stupid? Ten jars of thousand-year peach blossom gum…" Xuanlong roared, his wooden club emitting a heavy, whooshing sound, as if a great drum were being beaten with a 'boom-boom' resonance.

Zhu Yi pressed her red lips, half-smiling, swung both fists forward; her still-swollen fists, like those of braised pork trotters, slammed heavily into the club, instantly producing a thunderous boom.

"Let's discuss properly—if not ten jars, even one will do; I'm not greedy." Zhu Yi shouted: "Regardless of whether Huo Xiong is one of ours, anyway, we sent him to rescue you, didn't we?"

The two women were tangled together; Wu Tie stood aside watching for a while before speaking softly: "Ladies, can you stop? Some things might not be good… the Kuafu Medicine Grand Shaman of theirs was led away by a group claiming to belong to the Great Martial Divine State."

"Those people even set up a lethal grand formation, intending to keep their Grand Shaman trapped deep in the mountains."

"However, their Grand Shaman used an ancestral secret treasure of your Kuafu tribe to forcibly break the formation and retreat with the clanspeople. What do you two think about this?"

As Wu Tie spoke, Zhu Yi and Xuanlong's movements slowed; finally the two women halted simultaneously, looking at Wu Tie with grave expressions.

"Great Martial Divine State?" Zhu Yi asked in astonishment: "How could they appear here? Well, you said earlier you were ordered to open a secret passage to the heart of the Great Martial Divine State—could it be… they've already?"

Wu Tie nodded solemnly: "I don't know the exact situation, but according to intelligence gathered by the Great Jin Secretariat, the distance from here to the Great Martial Divine State is extremely long, the route nothing but poor mountains and treacherous ridges, with countless hidden alien tribes, peril everywhere, making passage difficult."

"My mission is to lead the great army, clearing alien tribes all the way, opening passages, building supporting forts… but since people from the Great Martial Divine State have already appeared here, it's obvious they went ahead of us; they likewise opened a secret path and have already arrived."

As Wu Tie voiced his conjecture to Zhu Yi and Xuanlong, in the mountains hundreds of li away, vast banners fluttered in the wind, numerous huge warships hovered at mid-mountain, and drifting mists flowed around, completely blocking the murderous aura emanating from those ships.

On a flagship stretching 1,800 zhang in length, of immense size, the Great Martial Divine State's current crown prince Wu Duzun sat upon a golden throne entwined with nine dragons, his palm lightly stroking the single-horned black flood dragon lying on his legs.

Just an hour ago, Wu Duzun had brought a large retinue of confidants rushing here; upon arrival he immediately took command of the entire army. As the Great Martial Divine State's present crown prince, Wu Duzun truly stands above all, beneath none; in the Great Martial Divine State's military, none dare defy his will.

Countless senior officers of the Great Martial Divine State stood solemnly beside Wu Duzun; on the deck before him, dozens of thunderbird demons stood with ashen faces.

Wu Duzun looked at those thunderbird demons with disdain, then suddenly sneered and pointed at a general beside him: "You actually recruited this bunch of useless trash, non-human junk, to help you?"

"Um, Your Highness, they are extremely familiar with the local terrain…" the general hastily cupped his fists to explain to Wu Duzun.

A particularly stout thunderbird demon grew unhappy, leapt up, and interrupted the general's words: "Human, you lot are only fit to be my tribe's food and fodder…"

Wu Duzun waved his hand, and this thunderbird demon at the peak of the fetal storage realm silently exploded into a mist of blood.

Dozens of thunderbird demons instantly trembled all over, each retreating a few steps in terror; their innate brutality was completely suppressed by Wu Duzun's fearsome power, daring not to act out.

Wu Duzun said calmly: "Before I arrived, you could mess around as you pleased; but now that I'm here, you will act according to my will."

He pointed casually at those trembling thunderbird demons and said coldly: "At the fastest speed, scour the surrounding demon tribes, order them to serve as my Great Martial vanguard, sweeping all the way."

"What about the Kuafu tribe's shamans—if they are willing to become my Great Martial soldiers, accept them."

"If they are unwilling, exterminate their nine clans, and provide the flesh of all demon tribes willing to submit to my Great Martial as food… thereafter follow the same procedure: those willing to submit are all recruited into my ranks as vanguard; those unwilling are all slain."

"Our Great Martial expended immeasurable effort, paid a heavenly price, and offered countless sacrifices to the gods, thereby obtaining the gods' own aid to veil the heavens and cross the sea, concealing from the Great Jin Secretariat's damned spies; after years of arduous labor, we opened this secret passage."

"The great merit lies right before us… absolutely no mistake can be made. The Great Jin Divine State would never expect us to strike a deadly blow from here." Wu Duzun trembled with excitement, his eyes faintly reddening.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as long as you give your all in battle for the Great Martial Divine State, if this time we can seize vast territories of the Great Jin Divine State and heavily wound Great Jin, the Great Martial will certainly not stint on granting marquisates."

Wu Duzun was very excited; he couldn't help but be pleased.

Previously on the Three Kingdoms battlefield, the three states vied for the blood banner, which represents the Heavenly Decree.

In the end, the Great Jin Divine State seized the Heavenly Decree, and Wu Duzun returned empty-handed.

Wu Duzun's defeat caused several elders of the Great Martial Divine State's royal family, who were already barely able to suppress their cultivation, to fly into a rage—if they cannot reach the Divine Manifestation realm, they might be annihilated by heavenly tribulation.

Those old fogeys, via various channels, expressed their disappointment and dissatisfaction with Wu Duzun to the civil and military officials of the Great Martial Divine State.

Originally, due to his mother's background issues, the crown prince's position had always been eyed covetously by Wu Duzun; after several old monsters expressed their displeasure toward him, he immediately felt a sense of impending storm.

Formerly, brothers who once held some fear and reverence for him now began popping up one after another to challenge him to duels…

This gave Wu Duzun an intense sense of crisis.

After more than a year of turmoil throughout the Great Martial Divine State, Wu Duzun, who felt surrounded by danger and dark clouds pressing on the city, suddenly discovered the secret passage opened by the Great Martial Divine State leading straight to the heart of the Great Jin Divine State—a heaven-sent opportunity.

Upon learning that this secret passage was already ninety percent complete and only tens of thousands of li from the surveyed Great Jin territories, Wu Duzun immediately brought countless confidants rushing here and took command of this secret militia.

Moreover, Wu Duzun used his authority to mobilize large numbers of elite troops, which streamed continuously along the opened secret path, arriving in succession.

He aims to stage a stunning turnaround in adversity, achieve immense merit, and make everyone look at him anew.

If they could bite off a big chunk of fat from the Great Jin Divine State, the Great Wu Divine State could then form an advantageous two‑front pincer against the Great Jin Divine State; at that moment…… thinking of the glorious, proud scene, Wu Du Zun almost wanted to shout to the heavens.

"Set out, set out, set out now." Wu Du Zun gave a fierce glance at the general standing nearby.

"You bunch of idiots, even when facing a group of Wu Man…… you shouldn't reveal your origins. Truly a bunch of idiots; even if these Wu Man have no contact with the Great Jin Divine State, you still shouldn't leak a hint of this important matter."

"Hurry up…… if those Wu Man are willing to surrender obediently, then it's fine."

"If they refuse…… then let them become…… your mouth‑watering delicacy!" Wu Du Zun glanced at those Thunderbird Demons, then gently shook his head.

A lowly demon tribe, he truly looked down on these guys.

The massive fleet set off, the surrounding mist suddenly dissipating; the low war drums shook the nearby peaks with a rumbling echo, one after another towered flying ships and assault vessels surged forth from the mist like sea monsters, swiftly rising into the sky, gradually spreading into a crescent formation, and surged toward the Kua Fu Tribe.

Near these galley and flying ships, large flocks of Thunder Bird Demons let out shrill screeches, eagerly following closely.

Wu Duzun stood up, strode to the flagship's bow, held the rail, and gazed ahead. Far off, he could clearly see the ancient-style wooden towers of the Kuafu Tribe, and even make out the figures of people busily working in the village.

The massive fleet rapidly approached, soon arriving at a point less than a hundred li from the outermost village of the Kuafu Tribe.

"Give them a greeting, tell them, Great Wu has arrived!" Wu Duzun waved his hand energetically and casually ordered the bombardment.

The nearly hundred leading battle ships at the front gleamed with flowing light; their side decks opened, and thousands of small-caliber light cannons protruded, aiming slightly at the village a hundred li away, then, accompanied by a piercing whistle, streams of light rained down on that village.

The light cannons were incredibly fast; the streams of light instantly reached above the village, about to strike, when suddenly a loud boom echoed, and a mountain spanning several li appeared out of nowhere above the village.

Thousands of light pillars as thick as water tanks plunged deep into the mountain; the mountain then blazed brightly, accompanied by a deep rumbling roar, and was blown to pieces, countless fragments of various sizes blasted tens of li away by the explosion, with countless more stones of all sizes raining down on the village.

Wu Tie wore the Heavenly Stars Armor, hovering above the village.

That mountain was exactly one he seized from several hundred li away using his Moving Mountains and Overturning Seas divine ability.

If he had not intervened, under the barrage of the Great Wu Divine Kingdom's light cannons, nearly twenty thousand Wu Tribe villagers in this settlement—except for the strongest warriors who could escape—would surely have been slaughtered to the last.

"Retreat! Retreat!" Wu Tie roared loudly: "Your Highness Zhu Gui, take all the elderly, weak, women, and children and retreat…"

He opened his mouth, Wu Tie was about to say, ordering Yan Long to gather all adult warriors to coordinate with himself and the invading Great Wu Divine Kingdom army for a battle.

But when his Forehead Wisdom Eye opened, Wu Tie instantly grasped the scale of the entire Great Wu Divine Kingdom army.

He shuddered, quickly abandoning that idea.

In Wu Tie's view, the Great Wu Divine Kingdom's fleet numbered nearly ten thousand large warships, and its ships were, on average, forty to fifty percent larger than those of the Great Jin Divine Kingdom.

This is certainly because the Great Wu Divine Kingdom's Art of Refining is inferior to that of the Great Jin Divine Kingdom; they must enlarge their ships to accommodate sufficient formation seals.

But how many soldiers can each of these huge ships hold?

Could the entire Kuafu Tribe possibly have five hundred thousand adult warriors?

Even throwing all of it at them wouldn't be enough to fill a gap in their teeth!

"Retreat, everyone retreat, whether warriors or the elderly, weak, women, and children, retreat!" Wu Tie bellowed hoarsely, his voice shaking the surrounding forests.

"You retreat; I, this palace, will measure myself against them!"

Zhu Hui's voice came from afar, she commanded nine dragon-headed, phoenix-tailed, black-tortoise-bodied warships, entirely crimson-purple, three thousand six hundred zhang long, as the giant warship pushed through clouds and mist, howling as it rushed from behind, boldly charging to meet the mighty fleet of the Great Martial God State.

Wu Duzun sprang to his feet, his eyes widening in shock.

"That is, that is, that is the Great Jin Divine State's nation-protector 'Four Spirit Warships'; six thousand years ago, the Great Jin court underwent a great upheaval, all Four Spirit Warships disappeared... How could nine of them appear here?"

A cold light flashed in his eyes, Wu Duzun swept his hand: "Charge forward, surround them. Those barbarians, if they run, let them run; these nine Four Spirit Warships... are mine, definitely mine!"

Wu Duzun bellowed at the top of his lungs: "Whoever can seize one Four Spirit Warship for me shall be made a first-rank duke!"

The countless soldiers of the Great Martial God State's fleet instantly went berserk.