Chapter 687: Rendezvous

Dense clouds roiled, blood mist vast.

Inside the dueling battlefield, Blood Light shrouded the mountains and rivers. As the number of those who died in the Three Kingdoms war increased, the Blood Light in the battlefield grew denser, the sealing power in the void grew stronger, to the point that even those with the strength of the first or second heaven of the Divine Clarity Realm could not fly.

For the commanders of Green Hill and Great Wu, most were body cultivators, unable to use escape techniques to fly, yet they could rely on their powerful physiques to leap and sprint.

But for the patriarchs of the great clans of Wei, this was nothing short of a catastrophe.

Unable to cast or use escape techniques, their physical strength was less than one-tenth that of body cultivators, and various divine abilities and secret arts were greatly weakened due to the scarcity of heavenly and earthly primal energy, leaving them completely in a passive state of being beaten.

A mournful howl came from a small basin; two patriarchs of the Wei royal Xiahou clan huddled in a tiny personal military fort, while over a hundred half-step Divine Clarity Realm Wei commanders, drenched in blood, trembled as they stood on the city walls.

Over a hundred Great Wu commanders stood outside the city, laughing loudly and proudly, watching a few companions and several gold-armored war puppets face off.

The gold-armored war puppets, feeling no pain or fear, ferociously attacked the Great Wu commanders.

The Great Wu commanders who went into battle, clad in projections of the Ten Directions Slaughter Armor shimmering with divine light, casually swung their weapons; even when struck by the gold-armored war puppets' attacks, it only caused ripples in the armor's projection, unable to harm them in the slightest.

"Haha, you old ghosts of the Xiahou clan, wait till we brothers clean up these iron lumps, then we'll settle scores with you." A Great Wu commander with a beard full of tangled hair and luxuriant body hair brandished a longsword, standing outside the city and shouting.

"Heh, heh, hehe, the superiors said we just need to kill them… but if we could capture a live one, making the Wei royal clan's old fossils serve as slaves would also be delightful." Another man, his face dark as ink and the backs of his hands covered in black hair, laughed loudly.

"Well, that makes sense… our outhouse lacks a dog to clean it… I think these old things of the Xiahou clan, tall or short, fat or thin, are perfect for the job." The man who first spoke nodded repeatedly with a grin.

Indeed, they were full of heroic vigor, truly exhilarating and unrestrained.

These half-step Divine Clarity Realm commanders of Great Wu have been feeling fantastic lately.

Originally, whether it was Green Hill or Wei, those lofty Divine Clarity Realm patriarchs suddenly became like chicks, able to be toyed with at will… truly exhilarating beyond measure.

Being able to trample upon the dignity of these old fogies, humiliate their bearing, insult their bloodline and clan…

These Great Wu commanders felt light as if about to ascend to immortality, so comfortable they nearly wanted to fly.

Boom-boom a few loud bangs, the several Great Wu commanders who struck out fiercely shattered several gold-armored war puppets completely.

Inside the small military fort, roughly a li in length and width, the Wei commanders each let out despairing wails. The two Wei patriarchs inside had already been severely wounded; these few gold-armored war puppets were their last reliance.

These gold-armored war puppets, whose strength rivaled that of the second heaven of the Divine Clarity Realm, were easily shattered by enemies whose cultivation was no more than half-step Divine Clarity Realm… an unprecedented despair and sorrow made the Wei commanders tremble involuntarily.

In this duel, Wei has been treated most unfairly.

"Unfair!" a remarkably handsome Wei commander shouted hysterically at the enemies outside the city.

"Unfair? What good does shouting at us do? Tch, you can also offer sacrifices, pray to the heavenly gods for divine aid!" The Great Wu commanders outside chuckled mockingly.

On the walls of the military fort, the Wei commanders trembled as they looked at each other for a moment, then each produced resources from their personal storage rings.

Soon they gathered a sum of resources that would have been considered astronomical in the past.

The Wei commander who had just shouted "Unfair!" gritted his teeth, produced a delicate little altar over three feet tall, and poured all those resources into it.

Strands of divine light shimmered, and the resources on the altar vanished completely.

After a breath's time, a path of icy blue light descended from the heavens, swiftly enveloping this Wei commander. With a clang, a set of splendid armor condensed from freezing ice covered his body, and in his hand appeared a long sword of profound ice, exuding intense Cold Qi.

The Wei commander raised his head and let out a long cry: "I, the lowly officer Xiahou Yu, give thanks for heavenly grace!"

Xiahou Yu transformed into a blade of cold light, howling as he charged out of the military fort. At this moment, his whole body brimmed with immense power; he truly felt his strength had received tremendous support, and he was forcibly raised from half-step Divine Clarity Realm to the Divine Clarity Realm.

Outside the city, the black-haired burly man wielding a longsword gave a cold snort; the instant Xiahou Yu rushed out to attack, he stepped forward and brought down his blade.

Xiahou Yu swung his longsword, meeting the black-haired burly man's longsword.

With a loud bang, Xiahou Yu's longsword shattered into strands of cold light that scattered; his ice armor was shattered by a single blow, he spat out mouthfuls of blood, a sword cut on his chest nearly cleaved him in two, he cried out in anguish as the blade struck him and sent him crashing into the rear city wall.

"Heavenly grace? Heavenly grace lies with our Great Wu, not with your Wei." the black-haired burly man laughed loudly.

When that icy light had just descended from the heavens, these Great Wu commanders were still somewhat uneasy; but once the black-haired burly man made his move, and his longsword clashed with the ice sword, his heart became steadfast.

The gods indeed granted Xiahou Yu power.

But this empowerment is conventional… in the past, when Great Wu's half-step Divine Clarity Realm commanders prayed for divine empowerment, the increase they received was roughly this much.

However, on this dueling battlefield, the divine empowerment received by the Great Wu commanders is unconventional.

The increase they obtained is over a hundred times what it used to be.

With a hundredfold increase, how could Xiahou Yu possibly be a match?

"The Mandate of Heaven belongs to our Great Wu!"

The Great Wu commanders present all shouted with joy and excitement, brandishing their weapons as they launched an assault on the military fort.

On the military fort, over a dozen light cannons emitted a low rumble, beams of strong light shooting forth. However, these light cannons are standard-issue; at most they can unleash destructive power comparable to the peak of the Embryonic Treasury Realm.

Beams of light fell upon these Great Wu commanders, not even a single hair of theirs was harmed.

The Great Wu commanders laughed, slowly advancing step by step toward the military fort with the gleeful air of a cat toying with a mouse. They were no longer in a hurry to slay their foes, but were instead reveling in the pleasure of bullying them to their heart's content.

Just then, a sharp breaking-through-the-air sound came from afar.

Wu Tie sprinted with legs flailing, his speed astonishing, kicking up a gale as he leapt and bounded down from a distant hilltop, racing straight toward this military fort.

Behind Wu Tie, over thirty Great Wu patriarchs led more than two thousand half-step Divine Clarity Realm Great Wu commanders, all of them shimmering with divine light; the two thousand-plus formed a massive battle array, closely pursuing Wu Tie.

However, Wu Tie's speed was wickedly fast, and as a lone sprinting individual, his turns and bends were far more agile than the rear formation.

He whooshed a long afterimage as he came from afar; from far away, one could hear several Great Wu patriarchs behind him shouting hoarsely: "You brats ahead, get out of the way, get out of the way… this scoundrel is Prince An, Huo Xiong…"

"Make way, make way, the Emperor has ordered a temporary retreat of three stages…"

"Don't block his path… hurry and make way… damn it…"

Wu Tie came sprinting; despite the Great Wu patriarchs behind him shouting hoarsely, a few slower-reacting Great Wu commanders still blocked his path.

A sharp sword appeared beside Wu Tie out of thin air, then strands of sword light burst forth; the sword shattered, and a terrifying blade of light that seemed to encompass heaven, earth, and the universe swept across a thousand zhang, utterly annihilating the few Great Wu commanders who blocked the road without a sound.

"Do not resist; I, the prince, have come to save you!"

Wu Tie shouted at the military fort: "Have you received the orders of Li Xuan'gui and Yuan Qilin?"

The two severely wounded patriarchs of the Xiahou clan struggled to their feet, drawing strength from somewhere, they bellowed at the top of their lungs: "Prince An… save us!"

Behind Wu Tie, the Five Elements divine light flashed; with a whoosh, all Wei-affiliated beings inside the city were swept up by the Five Elements divine light. Wu Tie did not pause; two more sharp swords appeared beside him, strands of sword light shielding his body, and he domineeringly charged straight at the over a hundred Great Wu commanders ahead.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way!" Behind them, the Great Wu patriarchs roared in fury.

These clueless brats, are they stupid?

Didn't you see that they have so many people they need to form a battle array before daring to follow behind Wu Tie and monitor him all the way? You bunch of a hundred or so brats, who gave you the guts to block this killing god?

A hundred or so Great Martial commanders finally came to their senses; amid their ancestors' hysterical cursing, they scrambled left and right, clearing the path.

Their ancestors' cursing threw these Great Martial commanders into utter disarray; as Wu Tie sprinted past, a dozen or so sharp swords flew out, with a 'swish' he casually sliced off the heads of two commanders, infuriating the Great Martial ancestors behind him into another tirade of foul language.

Wu Tie laughed 'hahaha', continued to sprint at full speed, and took this mighty battle array far away.

A hundred or so Great Martial commanders stood there dumbfounded, each trembling and unable to speak.

'That Prince An Huo Xiong... seems, also just... a half-step Divine Realm?' a Great Martial commander said softly: 'Why does he slaughter us like pigs and dogs?'

The crowd fell silent for a moment, then suddenly a dozen or so Great Martial commanders exploded, pressing that guy to the ground and giving him a brutal beating.

'You're the pig and dog, your whole family are pigs and dogs.'

'Can you even speak? Can you speak human language?'

Wu Tie sprinted at full speed, leading the Great Martial army behind him, at a speed far greater than that of a thousand-li horse, with the sound of howling wind and a large afterimage, he ran wildly within the dueling battlefield.

Everywhere was a chaotic melee; everywhere people were fighting desperately.

Wu Tie used the military city where he and Mo Yun and others had gathered as the center, running in circles at full speed.

Messengers from the states of Great Wei and Qing Qiu kept arriving, and behind them always trailed some Great Martial pursuers; Wu Tie ignored those pursuers, simply sweeping them up with a coil of Five Elements Divine Light and taking the people from Great Wei and Qing Qiu away.

Whenever he gathered a certain number of people, Wu Tie would sprint back to the gathered military city and throw those rescued individuals inside.

Doing this certainly lowered Wu Tie's efficiency in responding to rescue efforts, but it greatly guaranteed the safety of the military city.

Under Wu Ba's orders, Great Martial forces continually gathered outside the military city, appearing ready to launch a frontal assault.

Wu Tie dared not abandon the military city for too long.

After being busy for two days, Wu Ba had gathered outside the military city about three hundred Great Martial Divine Realm experts, plus over ten thousand half-step Divine Realm commanders who had assembled; Wu Ba considered this force, deeming it sufficient to raze Wu Tie and company's military city, and immediately personally beat the war drum.

Upon hearing the war drum, all the Great Martial forces gathered outside the military city let out a loud shout in unison and lifted their heads to look at the sky.

High above, atop the firmament, myriad Blood Light cries fell down, tearing a huge vortex in the clouds above the dueling battlefield.

Streaks of Blood Light precisely fell on Wu Ba and the others; as the Great Martial Divine Emperor, Wu Ba naturally enjoyed privilege, and he, together with several dozen other Great Martial Ancestors of the strongest cultivation, had their strength forcibly raised to the combat power of the seventh level of the Divine Realm.

The other Great Martial Ancestors basically possessed the combat power of the fourth or fifth level of the Divine Realm; placed in Great Wei and Green Hill, that would be the pinnacle strength of a sect.

As for the half-step Divine Realm Great Martial commanders, they generally possessed the strength of the second level of the Divine Realm; a minority of elites, numbering about two thousand or more, directly obtained combat power comparable to the third level of the Divine Realm. And the third level of the Divine Realm, in the past, was the mainstay strength of a sect, with each sect having no more than two or three such individuals.

In the distance, Wu Tie leapt about like flying, leading a Great Martial army formation whose scale had increased by about double, and he ran back in a mighty manner toward the military city.

When the Great Martial army formation was still thirty-some li from the military city, it came to a halt; Wu Tie leapt onto the city wall, and a flash of five-colored light behind him saw twenty-odd Divine Realm ancestors and over forty half-step Divine Realm sect scions tumble out from the light.

Those Divine Realm ancestors fared somewhat better; after all, their strength was placed here, and many were not in a sorry state.

As for these over a hundred half-step Divine Realm scions, each was missing an arm or leg, and their expressions were all extremely exhausted.

By this point, the survivors among Great Wei and Green Hill on the dueling battlefield were mostly Divine Realm ancestors; those half-step Divine Realm scions were practically like leeks, being wantonly harvested by the Great Martial.

In any case, those who could now flee to the vicinity of the military city were mostly Divine Realm ancestors, with hardly any half-step Divine Realm individuals.

After taking a breath, Wu Tie nodded to the people inside the city, then turned and looked toward the distant hillock.

The army formation that had been closely pursuing Wu Tie from behind had already marched in a mighty manner toward the hill where Wu Ba was; the two forces met, and upon Wu Ba's order, the troops formed into an army formation and marched over to Wu Tie's side.

Inside the military city, it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop; everyone, including Li Xuan Gui, who had the most confidence in Wu Tie, couldn't help but hold their breath, staring blankly at the terrifying aura of the Great Martial army formation outside the city.

Over ten thousand of the weakest among them possessed the combat power of the second level of the Divine Realm.

Such power…… such power……

Li Guang suddenly muttered to himself: "I don't even know what His Majesty looks like now."

Wu Tie said in a deep voice: "Where do we still have the leisure to worry about all this? We've already done our utmost……

Boom!

The military city's defensive grand formation trembled slightly, and a javelin shot from a hundred li away, striking hard against the city wall.