Chapter 485

Two drunk, burly Great Martial commanders, each nearly two zhang tall, lunged out.

As they lunged at Wu Tie and Lao Tie, they instinctively reached for their waists to draw their swords, but being drunk, their swords had long been lost somewhere; the two stared blankly, then clenched their fists empty-handed.

Clang—clang—, ten-some zhang away two heavy swords flew out of their sheaths, turning into two blood-colored flood dragons that flew toward the two's right palms.

But, after all, it was a moment too slow.

That moment's effort was already enough for Lao Tie.

Two straight, black-and-white intertwined spear-lights thrust out; in a flash, the bodies of the two Great Martial commanders stiffened suddenly and then crashed to the ground. The blood-colored flood dragons formed from the two heavy swords suddenly halted in midair, their blades continually trembling and roaring, bewildered, not knowing where to fly.

Wu Tie reached back with a grab; his five fingers sprayed Five Elements Divine Light, like five shackles locking onto the two heavy swords.

Two heavy swords, forged through countless hammerings and nurtured for unknown years by the hands of countless masters, finally taking shape as Heavenly Dao Divine Weapon–level blades, emitted a strange wail. Wu Tie grabbed with his right hand, and the two heavy swords were forcibly pulled into his grasp.

His five fingers trembled; with a ding—ding, the two heavy swords shattered explosively, their essence turning into invisible streams of light that Wu Tie swallowed with his palm. A grand heat surge flowed into his body, his bones burned, releasing immense heat to nourish his whole body.

Strands of the Dao of slaughter, strands of extremely ferocious and ruthless devouring, corrosion, annihilation, and withering of the Grand Dao continually poured into Wu Tie's life pool, gradually settling onto the projection of the Fortune Jade Disk beneath the life pool.

The two heavy swords, two Heavenly Dao Divine Weapons, are utterly instruments of slaughter; their inner Dao is all related to carnage.

Wu Tie had rarely come into contact with such lethal weapons before; these slaughter-related Dao truths continually merged, perfectly filling his lacking shortcoming. As the essence of the two heavy swords continually merged into Wu Tie, a hint of beastlike killing intent began to emanate from him.

Wu Duyou sat upright at the long table, his left hand holding a beast leg, his right hand gripping a large sea bowl, his eyes fixed unblinkingly on Heiku.

"My liege, I trusted you so much. I never expected you to be a traitor." Wu Duyou said coldly: "Men, kill them!"

Regarding the deaths of the two commanders, Wu Duyou's expression didn't change at all.

The Great Martial God State is thus bloody utilitarian; they are extreme utilitarians. As long as you win a great battle, you can gain wealth and honor, power and prestige, everything you can obtain.

If you die, everything is but an illusion; whatever you leave behind will be swarmed upon by countless people like wolves, devouring everything you had while alive down to the last scrap. This cruel system forces everyone in the Great Martial realm to strive desperately, to grow stronger, to survive, to climb upward!

Commoners are like this, commanders are like this, officials are like this, princes are like this, royal kin are like this, even exalted figures such as Wu Kuang, Wu Duzun, and Wu Duyou are no exception.

The dead deserve no pity; only living enemies are worth valuing.

Hundreds of Great Martial commanders with flushed faces shouted in unison, their mana surging all over, trying to dispel the alcohol in their bodies and return to peak condition to kill Wu Tie and the others.

But after their mana ran wild for a while, the alcohol in their systems did not dissipate; instead, their heads grew more dazed, their bodies heavier, and their mana flow more sluggish.

While shouting, dozens of commanders already brandished weapons and lunged at Wu Tie and Lao Tie.

By the time they reached midair and lunged before Wu Tie and Lao Tie, they horrifiedly discovered that the alcohol in their bodies had become increasingly sluggish and sticky, like clumps of viscous glue, rigidly filling their meridians, filling their five viscera and six bowels, and even their divine fetuses turned into a muddled, sticky mass, making their thoughts a bit foggy.

"Damn!" These Great Martial commanders were all elite, having survived countless life-and-death battles on the Three Kingdoms battlefield, earning high rank through accumulated merit.

They immediately sensed the abnormality in their bodies and tried to pull back and flee…

Lao Tie's Yin-Yang Divine Spear moved; black-and-white flowing light intertwined into a spear-light that thrust straight out. In that instant, Lao Tie resembled a humanoid porcupine, with straight, unchanging thrusts that appeared extraordinarily rigid and stiff, yet brimming with killing intent and soaring murderous aura, the spear's trajectory piercing the brows of these commanders.

Blood spattered everywhere; dozens of commanders at the Embryonic Storage realm instantly had their expressions obliterated, their vitality directly extinguished by the Yin-Yang Divine Spear.

The spear's essence was originally the backup divine weapon White Tiger Split of Lao Tie's former superior Yang Jian; later it merged with the essence of the Water-Fire Gourd that Wu Tie obtained by chance, directly upgrading it into an Innate Spiritual Treasure–level divine spear.

Later, in the holy land of the Five Elements Spirits, the Water-Fire Divine Spear received an infusion of innate Yin-Yang qi left by the Great Peng Bright King, its quality soaring another notch, directly evolving into an Innate Yin-Yang attribute Yin-Yang Divine Spear…

Its terrifying power was such that Wu Tie and Lao Tie could not immediately grasp its ultimate limit.

Dozens of Great Martial commanders, among them several holding high rank and authority, their divine fetuses protected by secret treasures, and at the very least all were Heavenly Dao Divine Weapon–level, specially used to safeguard divine souls and divine fetuses.

Yet no matter what secret treasure, it was shattered by a single strike of the Yin-Yang Long Spear.

Wu Tie sprayed five-colored divine light from both hands; with a low, deep howl, the armor on the dozens of Great Martial commanders, their weapons in hand, and even their shattered soul secret treasures were all drawn out by the Five Elements Divine Light.

Wu Tie pointed a finger, and all the treasures shattered completely.

Those gathered in this hall for the feast were none other than the top elite commanders of the Great Martial God State, the absolute core leadership of the army that destroyed Jin.

Their armor, weapons, and various secret treasures dazzled the eyes; nothing was below the Nine Refined Immortal Weapon level, with over eighty percent being Heavenly Dao Divine Weapon–grade heavy arms. Moreover, these people had lived for many years, were high-ranking regional commanders, and each was immensely wealthy.

Each commander possessed at least over ten secret treasures of at least standard quality on their person.

A few of those extraordinarily wealthy individuals actually hid nearly a hundred high-quality secret treasures within the spatial bracelets on their wrists.

Wu Tie's whole body emitted scorching heat, sweat pouring down like rain; above his head, strands of black-and-white mixed five-colored iridescent divine light floated uncertainly, faintly about to condense into a seven-colored auspicious cloud.

Dozens of commanders, hundreds of secret treasures—each treasure contained traces of three to five different Grand Dao patterns; strands of Grand Dao resonance were continually devoured by the projection of the Fortune Jade Disk in Wu Tie's life pool, while strands of dragon-shaped Grand Dao markings continually twined and formed on the increasingly bright, pristine surface of the immaculate Fortune Jade Disk.

Wu Tie's cultivation realm was soaring; he faintly felt a sense of his own being merging with the qi of heaven, earth, and the universe, and faintly a wondrous sensation of heaven, earth, and the universe merging with himself.

This feeling was that, with a mere flip of the hand, heaven and earth would split, stars would tremble, as if he controlled all matter, all energy, and every expressible and inexpressible oddity around him.

Wu Duyou's eyes sprayed Blood Light; his sea bowl suddenly shattered, and he bellowed: "Kill!"

Inside the hall, thousands of Great Martial commanders rose to their feet simultaneously, ignoring the sluggish mana in their bodies that could not be circulated; each let out a hoarse shout, relying on their formidable physical strength, they brandished various weapons and charged at Wu Tie and Lao Tie.

Wu Tie did not move, nor did Heiku.

Lao Tie raised his Yin-Yang Divine Spear; his body instantly turned into a cluster of black-and-white spiritual light, howling as he surged into the midst of the thousands of Great Martial commanders who could not mobilize even a trace of mana.

Fast, fast to the point of despairing speed.

Before the thousands of Great Martial commanders, almost each person simultaneously saw an afterimage of Lao Tie; Lao Tie cleanly and swiftly thrust a straight spear at each of them, each spear piercing their skulls and simultaneously annihilating their divine fetuses.

Lao Tie's whole body trembled; the hairs on his head stood straight up, and he almost let out a great roar.

At this moment, Lao Tie had reforged his Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body, attaining the fleshly form he had long dreamed of—a form originally only attainable after his own cultivation broke through the 'Chaos Transformation'—and gained an immeasurably bright future…

Although his current combat power is negligible compared to his former peak, he has already firmly stood at the pinnacle of the half-step Divine Realm.

In the Embryonic Storage realm, no one can withstand a single spear thrust from him!

Slaughter was as easy as killing chickens and dogs, utterly effortless.

Before Lao Tie's eyes appeared countless images: once, he wielded a long spear thus, charging back and forth among countless foes, slaying until corpses littered the field and severed limbs flew everywhere.

But back then, his true form was still that of an artificial titan soldier.

Now he is utterly different from then.

While countless blood still sprayed, Lao Tie had already returned to Wu Tie's side, gripping his Yin-Yang Long Spear, his eyes emitting black-and-white divine light, fixed tightly on every vital point of Wu Duyou.

Five Elements Divine Light flared behind Wu Tie; in an instant, all the secret treasures and storage artifacts on the bodies of the thousands of Great Martial commanders in the hall were sucked into his body. His bones lit up throughout, his body nearly turning transparent, save for a dark, heavy skeleton that stood out starkly.

Tens of thousands of high-grade secret treasures shattered, turning into countless streams of light that continually merged into Wu Tie's body.

His bones burned, heat surged; within Wu Tie's bones, infinitesimal runes seeped out like spider silk, slowly merging bit by bit into his muscles, his blood, his viscera and meridians.

His magical power and soul cultivation showed no increase, but his physical strength instantly multiplied several times. Wu Tie's cultivation level, his grasp and comprehension of heavenly mysteries, instantly increased by dozens of times. On the projection of the Fortune Jade Plate, countless dragon-like Dao patterns gradually formed. In Wu Tie's Life Pool, strange lights flickered; countless lights of varying brightness and darkness merged into one furnace, resembling a scene of primordial chaos.

The Great Hall was extremely well sealed; no sound could enter from outside, and no sound could escape from inside.

The deaths of thousands of officers from the destroyed Jin army had already ignited the entire Great Wu Military Camp.

The aura of these officers and their flagships were closely linked to the city-defense seals of the various camps they commanded.

At the instant their Divine Fetuses were annihilated, thousands of flagships simultaneously burst forth with blinding light, emitting piercing alarm calls; bugle cries, war drums, and chaotic gong sounds rang out as if heaven and earth were collapsing.

Inside the Great Camp, countless Great Wu soldiers tasked with patrol were at a loss, looking around in confusion.

Inside the great camp, among countless barracks, the great shaman elites who were painstakingly cultivating were suddenly startled; they all spat blood, and the huge primordial energy tide in the air suddenly collapsed.

With a tremendous boom, tens of thousands of warships were struck by the primordial energy tide's impact, directly blown tens of li away, and the defensive grand formation above the great Wu camp instantly tore open a huge gap.

Wu Duyao slammed both hands heavily on the long table, staring at Heiku and roared angrily: "Heiku, where have I wronged you? What poison did you use?"

Heiku had his hands tucked in his sleeves, smilingly looking at Wu Duyao: "What poison, you don't need to know; with your brains, you couldn't understand what is called mixed poison. As for why I betrayed you…"

Heiku's smile quickly turned ferocious and twisted; he stared fixedly at Wu Duyao, gritting his teeth: "You love women, you love to abuse and kill girls… Do you remember, fifty years ago, when you were enfeoffed, in a small town called Green Willow, that mother and daughter you slaughtered while out hunting?"

Wu Duyao raised his head and roared loudly: "I've killed so many women in my life… Who remembers those? What, are they yours?"

Heiku spat a mouthful of blood onto Wu Duyao's face, and he shouted angrily: "They were my wife, my daughter… You killed them, you…"

Wu Duyao suddenly drew his sidearm and slashed downward at Heiku.

Although his speed was indeed fast, Old Tie was a hundred times faster; with a thrust of the Yin-Yang Divine Spear, it directly shattered the acquired spirit treasure-level longsword in Wu Duyao's hand into powder. Wu Tie gestured, and the sword fragments flew into his hand, then directly exploded into powder.

A heavy triangular heart-protection mirror on Wu Duyao's body erupted, radiating brilliant light that shone for ten thousand li.

This is an innate spirit treasure, an exceptionally high-grade innate spirit treasure; Wu Duyao sat in the light blaze emitted by the triangular heart-protection mirror and laughed ferociously: "Unfortunately, even if I am poisoned, I can only mobilize less than ten percent of my total magical power… You still can't kill me, you…"

Behind Wu Tie, five-element divine light shaped like a peacock's tail suddenly appeared; he exerted all his power to drive the five-element divine light in a heavy sweep.

With a swish, the triangular heart-protection mirror directly fell into the five-element divine light and vanished.

Moreover, all of Wu Duyao's belongings, even his close-fitting undergarments, were swept clean by the five-element divine light; even the three Heavenly Dao Divine Weapon-level secret treasures outside his divine fetus, used to protect its safety, were pulled out by the five-element divine light in an instant.

Wu Duyao was terrified out of his wits, and he screamed shrilly: "No… you want anything, riches and honor…"

Old Tie thrust his spear, directly piercing Wu Duyao's brow; the primordial Yin-Yang qi coiled, completely strangling his divine fetus, leaving not a trace.

Heiku fell to his knees with a thud, and began hysterical laughter.

"Hahaha, Mingniang, Amei, Alan… I've avenged you, I've avenged you… hahaha, fifty years, fifty years…"

"Although I am only at the Life Pool realm cultivation, even holding an innate treasure cannot injure this scoundrel in the slightest… but I, still, have avenged you…"

"Hahaha, fifty years as an ox and horse, fifty years as slave and servant… I still have avenged you!"

Heiku howled like a ferocious demon beast, lunged at Wu Duyao, and bit his throat.

With a crack, Heiku's mouthful of big teeth were shattered.

As Heiku himself said, even holding an innate treasure he could not injure Wu Duyao in the slightest.

Even though Wu Duyao was already dead, his tempered, formidable physique was not something Heiku could harm!

The entire hall flashed with a blinding red light; a sharp howl echoed through the hall, shaking Wu Tie and Old Tie so that their eardrums felt pain.

Heiku far worse, he was directly shaken into unconsciousness.

Wu Duyao died, and all the surviving officers of the great Wu camp simultaneously received this catastrophic news, like heaven collapsing and earth splitting.

Long, drawn-out orders rang throughout the camp; all surviving officers of the great Wu simultaneously instructed the troops, laying out one murderous grand formation after another to encircle the central command tent.