Chapter 486

Wu Duyao's flagship was nearly three thousand zhang in length, hovering a hundred zhang above the ground, like a small hill.

From all directions, countless soldiers formed battle arrays, tightly encircling Wu Duyao's flagship.

Murderous qi shot to the heavens, blood qi spread across the sky, and the aura of each military formation condensed into various strange celestial phenomena.

Flying birds, running beasts, giants, mountain peaks, even blood seas and gale winds, and so on.

Countless soldiers of the Central Army of the anti-Jin forces let out low growls, their eyes bloodshot; if not for the central camp's defensive formation still being active, they would have loved to charge in and tear everyone inside to pieces.

The military law of Great Wu is even stricter than that of Great Jin.

The commander of the anti-Jin army was Wu Duyao, who was also a prince of Great Wu. Wu Duyao was assassinated despite heavy protection; according to Great Wu military law, all soldiers of the anti-Jin Central Army, from top to bottom, would be demoted to slave soldiers and sent to the front lines to fight to the death—only death would bring release.

Those commanders with backing, patrons, and strong backgrounds might perhaps survive by changing their appearance and names.

The rest, over ninety-nine percent, who had no backing or patronage, truly had no path to survival at all.

Hatred, hatred down to the bone; countless soldiers paid no heed to outside movements, simply surrounding the central camp. No matter who emerged from the flagship later, they would tear that person to pieces.

On the flagship, in the most majestic deckhouse, the great hall's doors slowly opened.

Clad in black, wearing a silk cap, smiling, Hei Ku staggered out, stood calmly before the door, and looked around.

"Yo, you all came, huh?" Hei Ku had already cast aside life and death; his great vengeance was fulfilled, and he no longer cared.

Outside the central camp, countless soldiers of the anti-Jin Central Army formed arrays and tightly encircled the camp; on the flagship, hundreds of thousands of Wu Duyao's mansion guards, eyes bloodshot, surrounded that deckhouse.

"Hei Ku… the prince…" a mansion guard leader, clutching at a slim hope, stammered to Hei Ku.

Other central army soldiers would merely be demoted to slave soldiers and sent to the front lines to fight.

But these mansion guards bear direct responsibility for Wu Duyao's death; other soldiers, even as slave soldiers fighting desperately, might live a few more years if fortunate. Only these guards have no chance to fight—Great Wu's Divine Emperor Wu Ba will directly behead them and exterminate their three clans!

These mansion guards are already as good as dead!

Thus each of them stared at Hei Ku like mad dogs and vicious wolves, their bodies reeking of death intent, their pupils devoid of any trace of vitality.

"Wu Duyao? Dead?" Hei Ku laughed especially brightly, shook his hand vigorously, and bluntly said: "I gave him a mixed poison, so he couldn't unleash any power… plus I colluded with high-level assassins from Great Jin, and just killed him outright."

Lao Tie embraced the Yin-Yang Divine Spear, gave a "pfft" laugh, and said: "It's me, your granddaddy, who personally dealt the blow, heh, hehe!"

Countless enemies closed in, countless enemies stared tigerishly, their gazes like blades… I haven't felt this in many years.

Lao Tie let out a somewhat wistful sigh… Ah, his fiery, flourishing youth!

Wu Tie grabbed Wu Duyao's neck and lifted his naked corpse. Wu Duyao stood over two zhang tall, much taller than Wu Tie, forcing Wu Tie to soar several zhang into the air before he could hold Wu Duyao upright.

"Wu Duyao is here, doomed to die, no longer alive. The slayer of Wu Duyao is the Great Jin Divine State's Longjiang Marquis Huo Xiong!" Wu Tie roared: "You lot, still not clearing the way? Or do you also wish to die here together?"

Hundreds of thousands of mansion guards instantly went mad.

"We are already as good as dead! Kill!" The guard leader who had just spoken to Hei Ku threw back his head and let out a hysterical long howl, brandishing his spear and charging at Wu Tie.

Lao Tie gave a long laugh: "Playing with spears in front of your granddaddy?"

A flash of cold light thrust straight out; Lao Tie's Yin-Yang Divine Spear pierced the void soundlessly, appearing as a straight thrust yet in an instant penetrating the skulls of hundreds of mansion guards simultaneously.

A stream of blood spurted thousands of zhang away; Lao Tie let out repeated long howls, his eyes blazing as he faced the charging mansion guards.

Countless blades, spears, swords, and halberds came down; Lao Tie thrust his spear once, and all those weapons flew from their hands, thousands of mansion guards simultaneously shot through the brow, spurting blood and collapsing.

Countless treasures turned into streams of light and smashed down from above; Lao Tie likewise thrust his spear, cold light radiating, each treasure shattered by a light poke of the spear into powder, together with their owners being pierced like a sieve.

All manner of mystical arts rained down like a downpour; Lao Tie's spear trembled, black and white divine light entwining, every mystical art was shattered by a single thrust, wails echoed, and many mansion spellcasters were shaken to bone fragments by the spear's aura.

Lao Tie's spear… is fiercer, more brutal, wilder, and more ferocious than Wu Tie's. His spear is like a huge grindstone; any mystical art, any magic artifact, any blade or spear, no matter how you attack, if you get near him, you'll be ground to dust.

Seasoned, ruthless, leaving no room.

This is a slaughter spear from start to finish; in the snap of a finger, tens of thousands of guards fall, in the snap of a finger, tens of thousands of guards fall…

Behind Wu Tie, five-elemental divine light shot up tens of thousands of zhang high, resembling gorgeous peacock tail feathers unfurling behind him. Countless armor, countless blades and spears, countless treasures and artifacts were swept up by Wu Tie from above, all swept clean by the five-elemental light.

Hundreds of thousands of mansion guards were instantly left bare-handed; Wu Tie didn't even leave them a scrap of underwear.

Hundreds of thousands of naked mansion guards stared dumbfounded at Wu Tie and Lao Tie, then let out a hysterical shout, charging bare-handed at Lao Tie; even without weapons or armor, they would bite him with their teeth if they had to.

All along, the smiling, carefree Lao Tie's expression changed.

A suffocating killing intent welled up from him, and he muttered lowly: "Demonic lackeys… all deserve to die."

Lao Tie's body flickered, producing thousands of avatars; thousands of black-and-white spiritual lights flickered like gusts of wind sweeping across, his spear tearing the void, instantly piercing the skulls of those mansion guards.

Even the ordinary guards of Wu Duyao's mansion were at the Life Pool realm.

They were absolute elite, yet Lao Tie killed them in a single move.

Countless corpses shot into the air, swept up by Lao Tie's raging wind and hurled toward the Great Wu army formations in all directions.

Lao Tie held his spear aloft and roared to the heavens: "Those who don't want to die, get out of the way!"

A great shout like thunder shook the defensive grand array around the anti-Jin central camp violently; twenty-four strange archways burst with light, forming a huge shield that completely enveloped the central camp.

Wu Tie burned all his mana, letting out a deep roar as he poured all his strength into driving the five-elemental divine light downward in a sweep.

The central flagship, nearly three thousand zhang long, emitted a low dragon's roar, the flagship shuddering violently as it tried to resist the immense force bursting from the five-elemental light. In the next instant, the massive flagship was rolled up by the five-elemental light, together with the core of the central camp's defensive array and the twenty-four strange archways, all swept up by Wu Tie.

Within the five-elemental light, the five-elemental space churned violently; all objects swept inside, even that innate spirit‑treasure‑level triangular heart‑mirror, were ground to dust by the five-elemental light.

Stream after stream of dragon‑like luminous torrents poured into Wu Tie's body, quickly absorbed by his bones.

Wu Tie's bones became ever harder and more solid, like moldy tofu sprouting hairs, as extremely fine runic filaments continuously emanated from his bones, thick and dense, seeping bit by bit into his body.

These runic filaments are extremely fine, extremely short; each tiny bit of growth consumes enormous power, a vast resonance of the heavenly Dao.

Yet these filaments grow steadily, though slowly, extremely slowly, they keep growing.

Wu Tie felt his whole body burning uncomfortably, as if his entire form were about to explode into a wisp of green smoke.

He lifted Wu Duyao's corpse, drove the five-elemental light to sweep left and right, and roared hoarsely: "Wu Duyao has been beheaded by this marquis; still not clearing out? Do you lot wish to die?"

Lao Tie grabbed Hei Ku's shoulder, hauled him close behind Wu Tie, and with a sideways flick of his spear unleashed tens of thousands of spear‑lights that shot out instantly, piercing tens of thousands of Great Wu soldiers in battle formation dozens of li away.

"Get lost! You little lackeys, killing you soils my grandfather's hands!" Lao Tie also bellowed hoarsely.

"Kill!" From all directions, countless Great Wu soldiers in battle formation roared in unison.

No matter how strong Wu Tie and Lao Tie appear, under the Great Wu army formations there is no enemy that cannot be killed.

Unless it is a deity, Da Wu's military formations can slay any powerful enemy, whether they are at the Life Pool Realm, the Fetal Storage Realm, or even the Half-Step Divine Realm!

One after another, the military formations operated at full power, the strength of countless soldiers poured into the bodies of those commanders at the very front. These commanders howled in pain as their bodies swelled, rapidly swelling, and then countless weapons that had likewise become enormous came down upon Wu Tie, Lao Tie, and Hei Ku.

Da Wu's military formations were fierce and powerful, worthy of being called the best among the Three Kingdoms.

However, the commanders who usually commanded these formations and absorbed their power had all been slaughtered spotless by Wu Tie and Lao Tie at Wu Duyao's banquet.

Now those maintaining the formations were mostly their usual deputies.

These deputy commanders were slightly inferior in cultivation, and their weapons were also somewhat inferior.

Only about thirty percent of the commanders wielded Heavenly Path Divine Weapons, while the rest mostly held Nine Refined Immortal Weapons!

In such enormous military formations, the Nine Refined Immortal Weapons appeared rather fragile.

Many weapons had swollen to tens of thousands of zhang in size; when they came crashing down under the formations' full power, the Nine Refined Immortal Weapons emitted piercing cracking sounds, the spell formations within them unable to withstand the immense magical impact, continually disintegrating.

Wu Tie let out a long howl to the heavens; he did not use the Yin Yang Two Qi Bottle, but instead unleashed the Five Elements Divine Light—the very Five Elements Divine Light that the Primordial Peacock Bright King had cultivated to the Great Accomplishment Realm in ancient times—hurling it violently toward the sky.

The Five Elements Divine Light's power was unrivaled, but Wu Tie's cultivation was limited, so the amount of Five Elements Divine Light power he could mobilize was extremely limited.

The Five Elements Divine Light violently trembled; thousands of large and small military formations crashed down upon it, yet the Five Elements Divine Light remained unmoved. However, the immense backlash passed through the Five Elements Divine Light, and after being weakened by over ninety percent, it slammed heavily onto Wu Tie.

Wu Tie's bones rang out 'ding ding' all over his body, firelight radiating from his bones, yet he suffered no harm.

His skin split open, muscles tore in strips, copious blood gushed out, his flesh and blood seemed about to peel from his bones, his entire body covered in gruesome wounds, appearing ferocious to the extreme.

Even his facial skin was ripped open in several large gaps, revealing dark, gloomy bones and dark, gloomy tooth sockets.

The Five Elements Divine Light seemed provoked; Wu Tie's vast Life Pool Realm magical power was instantly drained, the Five Elements Divine Light's brilliance flared, and the thousands of huge weapons descending with a 'swish' all vanished at once. Thousands of Da Wu commanders whose bodies had swollen to thousands of zhang suffered the Five Elements Divine Light's backlash, instantly all vomiting blood, and moreover nearly a thousand bodies exploded simultaneously.

"Give me, break!" Wu Tie roared, the Five Elements Divine Light swept, and more than ten Heavenly Path Divine Weapon–grade divine weapons, already swollen to tens of thousands of zhang, flew out from the Five Elements Divine Light and heavily slammed into the distant barracks.

With a tremendous boom, that stretch of barracks vanished instantly in a mushroom cloud; more than ten divine weapons shattered, releasing a torrent of energy that surged wildly, forcibly tearing open several huge rifts in the great camp formation of the unmanned Great Witch Central Army.

"Kill!" a clear, melodious long howl sounded.

Vast sheets of viscous black flame roared through those several formation cracks and surged in, wherever the firelight passed all things were burned to ash; a demonic phoenix with a wingspan of three thousand zhang, its body spewing torrents of demonic flame, shot forward like lightning into a Da Wu military formation.

That military formation formed from hundreds of thousands of elite troops collapsed in an instant, countless soldiers engulfed in black flames howled as they fell from the sky.

Wherever the demonic flames passed, formation bases were utterly destroyed; the defensive grand formation of that corner of the Da Wu camp utterly collapsed, hundreds of stone giants a thousand zhang tall let out low howls, each wielding a massive stone pillar, strode forward in large steps, wildly swinging their stone pillars to strike indiscriminately all around.

These stone giants heavily trampled the ground with their feet, they drew upon the earth's veins, quickly triggering a tremendous earthquake.

The ground trembled and writhed; the Da Wu camp's floor was torn open by huge cracks, which then collapsed into ravines, the foundations of deployed formations fell deep underground, and vast expanses of camp formations continually collapsed.

Vast showers of arrows poured in like a downpour.

Dense arrows whistled past, their tips coated with deadly poison; wherever they passed, countless Da Wu soldiers screamed in agony as they were struck and fell.

Immediately afterward, a distant river suddenly rose into the air; under the control of numerous Water Essence Elders, this river tens of li wide, like a frenzied white dragon, slammed into the Da Wu camp.

Suddenly the flat land was submerged under ten zhang of water, flooding countless encampments.

Before the Da Wu commanders could issue orders to respond, clusters of firelight exploded around them, aided by torches scattered throughout the camp, Fire Essence Elders leapt lightly to their sides, each also holding a Metal Essence Elder whose body glittered with metallic cold light.

These Metal Essence Elders emitted a heaven‑shaking howl like the ringing of swords, transforming into countless sharp longswords and sabers that spewed astonishing cold light, swiftly piercing through one military formation after another, beheading each commander who was wildly shouting and organizing soldiers to resist.

Chaos, utter chaos, countless soldiers of the Da Wu Central Army teetered on the brink of collapse.

Wu Duyao died, all senior commanders of the Central Army Corps were dead, large numbers of mid‑high level officers were being slain, one military formation after another collapsed, and the camp fell into a sea of raging flames.

Although at this moment the Destroy Jin Army's Central Army Corps, in numbers, was still thousands or even tens of thousands of times that of the Five Elements Spirit Elders under Wu Tie and Pei Feng……

But the army's morale had scattered.

At some point, Wu Tie released nearly three thousand Da Wu warships that he had stored away with the Yin Yang Two Qi Bottle, and freed all the soldiers aboard those warships.

These Great Witch soldiers, dazed and confused, having lost all memory, instinctively operated the warships, wildly blasting and smashing in all directions.

The tens of thousands of warships of the Da Wu Central Army Corps instantly descended into chaos, and many soldiers also began to pilot the warships, wildly smashing in all directions!

Warship after warship exploded, bursting into great balls of fire spanning several li.