Chapter 688

The mountain peaks trembled, the military city shook, and above it, a light curtain about a li thick rippled with large waves, sending up wave crests several zhang high.

Spear after spear whistled in, engulfed in blazing flames, crackling with lightning, empowered by various forces, they struck the military city's defensive grand formation, shaking heaven and earth; inside the city, the half-step Divine Realm youths of all families and clans lost their footing one after another and collapsed to the ground.

Yuan Qilin shouted loudly, striding quickly around a seven-star altar.

Talisman after talisman burned, turning into strands of spiritual light that flew and spun in the air; near the military city, waterways large and small transformed into white giant dragons that shot up into the sky, tens of thousands of white dragons soared, roaring, then plunged downward, merging with the defensive grand formation.

The defensive formation's protective power surged severalfold; wave after wave of spears whistled in, all the attack force was evenly distributed and diverted by the nearby waterways, causing the great rivers and small streams around the military city to churn up huge waves, while the city's own trembling subsided.

Wu Ba took the lead, each hand gripping a heavy sword nearly as long as his body, letting out a low growl like a steady old bear; each step he took struck the ground heavily, shaking earth and mountain as he marched toward the military city.

A hundred li, eighty li, fifty li…

Inside the military city, the only two Thunderbolt Cannons emitted a low rumble, two dull gray lightning balls shot out whistling, striking toward Wu Ba.

Divine light suddenly flared on Wu Ba's body, the projection clones of the Ten Directions Slaughter Armor enveloped him; the lightning balls slammed heavily into his body with a tremendous boom, and gray lightning spread over a radius of several li.

Behind Wu Ba, dozens of senior martial commanders whose cultivation was only at the half-step Divine Realm twitched and collapsed, green smoke continually coiling around their bodies, thin black smoke constantly issuing from their seven orifices, and clotted blood spurting from their mouths.

City Defense Grand Formation

A senior martial commander approached the fallen comrades, after careful examination found that twelve had perished in that single strike of the Thunderbolt Cannon, while the others were merely severely wounded. They then gave the injured comrades healing Dao Treasure Pills; after a while, those senior commanders whose bodies still emitted green smoke rose again, trembling, and continued forward.

Half-step Divine Manifestation Realm

Indeed, the Thunderbolt Cannon's power was overwhelming; even though Wu Ba bore the brunt of the damage, it still managed to slay twelve senior martial commanders whose cultivation had reached the second heaven of the Divine Realm or higher.

Second Heaven of Divine Manifestation Realm

Seventh Heaven of Divine Manifestation Realm

Wu Ba had already approached within less than twenty li of the military city; he raised his twin swords, lifted his head and roared: 'The great unification that countless ancestors failed to achieve will be accomplished in my hands, Wu Ba… Apart from the founding ancestor, I, Wu Ba, shall be the second person of the Wu clan!'

Twin Flood Dragon Slash

Great Dao Treasure Pill

The heavy sword in Wu Ba's hand burst forth with blinding light—this is one of the Great Martial State-Protecting Divine Artifacts, the 'Twin Jia Slayer,' a weapon primarily for slaughter and combat.

One black, one red—two sword lights shot up into the sky, transforming into two ferocious, vicious single-horned jiao dragons that entwined each other, rapidly soaring to high altitude; at a height of a hundred li above the ground they dove, becoming a straight black-and-red light column that slammed straight into the military city.

Supreme Divine Artifact

Inside the city, nearly three hundred Divine Realm elders of the thirteen factions that had defected to Wu Tie simultaneously struck out, placing their palms on the nexus of the defensive grand formation.

The immense magical power of the three hundred Divine Realm elders poured into the military city; the entire city lit up with countless Daoist pattern talismans, the light curtain above the city, originally about a li thick, suddenly ballooned to over ten li thick, then rapidly contracted inward.

With a tremendous boom, a colossal illusory Xuanwu whose carapace spanned twenty li in diameter appeared above the military city.

Starlight flickered across the Xuanwu's carapace, while its plastron bore myriad white dragons galloping.

Around Xuanwu, phantom images of great mountains appeared and disappeared intermittently.

Xuanwu raised his head, and from his eyes shot two beams of yellow divine light, heavily striking the descending Twin Flood Dragon Slash sword aura.

Heaven and earth suddenly changed color.

On the flat ground, countless black whirlwinds with a diameter of several zhang roared up.

Within the dueling battlefield, the Blood Light violently trembled, and piercing cracking sounds continuously emanated from the mountains near the military city.

One great mountain after another collapsed, as huge fissures appeared before our eyes, then healed under the Blood Light's forced confinement.

Yuan Qilin, who controlled the city's great defensive formation, staggered, and fresh blood continuously trickled from the corner of his mouth.

"Hey, quite something... I haven't suffered like this in years."

Yuan Qilin gave a strange laugh, his eyes glaring at Wu Ba outside the city: "Hey, youngsters of the Wu family, let you be proud for now; someday I will surely go to your Great Wu, destroy your Wu family ancestral graves, and leave no trace of your Wu family's ancestors."

Wu Tie's face twitched, and he quickly glanced at Yuan Qilin.

Good, this is a very principled old fellow……

Besides the clans of the Thirteen Great Wei Sects who had defected to Wu Tie, the city also housed many members of the Great Wei and Green Hill noble houses and clans, the vast majority of whom were people Wu Tie had painstakingly received and brought back these past days.

Among them were over two hundred elders at the Divine Sovereign realm, and nearly ten thousand juniors from various families at the half-step Divine Sovereign realm.

But outside the city…… with the aid of the supreme divine artifact, Wu Ba commanded over ten thousand Divine Sovereign-level combatants.

"Lend me your strength." Wu Ba laughed loudly.

With the aid of the Ten Directions Slaughter Armor, Wu Ba's strength was forcibly raised to the level of the seventh heaven of the Divine Sovereign realm, undoubtedly the strongest in the Three Kingdoms today. However, facing the military city's strong defenses, even with the Twin Flood Dragon Slash he could not break the great defensive formation.

Wu Ba laughed loudly; behind him, several hundred Great Wu elders and the over-ten-thousand Divine Sovereign-level Wu commanders shouted in unison, forming a battle array as a divine light shot up into the sky, and the dense killing intent in the air condensed into a ferocious six-headed, eighteen-armed giant.

The giant raised its head and let out a long howl; the howl turned into rings of blood-colored explosions that spread outward, sweeping away the blood mist and thick clouds in the high sky, leaving a circular hole of several hundred li in diameter in the sky, revealing the azure heavens above.

The giant lowered its head, its body turning into a stream of dense blood qi that slowly drilled into Wu Ba's body.

Wu Ba uttered a painful yet exultant howl, his body growing inch by inch, section by section—three zhang, five zhang, ten zhang…… a hundred zhang…… a thousand zhang……

Finally, Wu Ba, his body swollen to twelve thousand zhang, stood before the military city, his massive form casting a shadow that completely enveloped the entire military city.

"You all will die today."

Wu Ba let out a low growl, took a breath, and from his nostrils spewed two streaks of black-red flame; the heat waves rolled, the flames splashed onto the Xuanwu phantom above the military city, the Xuanwu phantom let out a roar, the starlight on its back armor instantly shattered mostly, and two deep depressions immediately appeared on its carapace.

Yuan Qilin's body trembled, and thin traces of blood seeped from all seven orifices.

"My lord, I'm afraid we can't hold out." Li Guang edged up to Wu Tie, muttering softly.

On past battlefields, more than ten thousand Embryonic Treasury realm cultivators forming an array could match a Divine Sovereign expert, but no one knew how terrifying it would be if over ten thousand Divine Sovereign experts joined forces, their power stacking together.

Because in the past Three Kingdoms—Qingqiu, Great Wei, Great Wu—their openly acknowledged Divine Sovereign elders, plus those hidden by various families, totaled only eight or nine thousand, less than ten thousand.

But at this moment, standing behind Wu Ba were over ten thousand Divine Sovereign-level combatants.

They formed a battle array, their vast magical power converging together…… this power…… this power……

Wu Ba took a breath; his body and soul could barely withstand the terrifying power within him. Without the support of the Ten Directions Slaughter Armor, his body and soul would have been instantly vaporized by this power.

Even so, Wu Ba felt immense pain.

He panted heavily, jets of fire-light mist shooting from every pore; the Blood Light entwined around the surrounding peaks shattered, and except for the few mountaintops shielded by the military city where Wu Tie and others were, all peaks within a radius of several hundred li instantly vaporized and disappeared.

"This is power beyond the Divine Sovereign realm." Wu Ba lowered his gaze to look down at the military city, raising high the two Twin Flood Dragon Slashes.

"I will give you a swift end." Wu Ba grinned, breathing heavily as he slowly said: "Great Wu will unify the Three Kingdoms. I will become the sovereign of all under heaven."

The men of every household, I will kill them all, leaving none. The women of every household, I will make them slaves.

From now on, only my Wu family shall be supreme... All people under heaven will be slaves of my Wu family.

Hehe, hehe... I, I... Wu Ba's eyes turned blood-red, the terrifying power causing the dark side in his heart to expand without limit, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "I am greater than the founding ancestor; what he failed to do, I have accomplished!"

He let out a loud roar to the heavens, a huge pillar of fire spewed from Wu Ba's mouth, and Wu Ba casually swung his hands down to strike.

Inside the military city, nearly seven hundred Divine Realm elders roared together, pouring all their strength into the city-defense grand formation.

Furthermore, countless talismans, countless formation disks, countless thunder beads, and countless battle puppets shot up into the sky, blocking the two Twin-Dragon Slashes descending from above.

Thousands of large and small specially-made light cannons pointed straight at the sky, beams of light howling as they blasted out, striking the Twin-Dragon Slash directly.

Yuan Qilin spat mouthful after mouthful of blood onto the altar; his well-maintained, oily-smooth face quickly withered, deep wrinkles continually appearing, and his waist bent further...

Above the military city, a huge Xuanwu phantom rapidly expanded to a radius of a hundred miles, barely matching the size of Wu Ba's body.

The Twin-Dragon Slash transformed into two black and red heavenly rivers descending from the sky; the heavenly rivers rolled back, and wherever they passed, countless talismans exploded, countless formation disks exploded, countless thunder beads exploded, and countless battle puppets blew up with a booming sound into countless scraps of metal.

The massive light pillars continuously blasted out by thousands of specially-made light cannons kept falling on the Twin-Dragon Slash; the descent speed of the Twin-Dragon Slash slowed slightly, yet it still heavily fell onto the Xuanwu phantom.

With a miserable howl, the Xuanwu phantom was split into three pieces by the two swords.

The city-defense grand formation completely collapsed; layers of walls inside and outside the military city exploded and shattered, shards striking the households' children inside, causing broken heads and bloodshed, with incessant wailing.

Countless mechanisms and seals exploded; the yuan-energy furnaces embedded in the walls spat out fire and blew up, shaking the nearby elders and causing them to vomit blood mouthful after mouthful.

Wu Tie stared wide-eyed, desperately watching the Twin-Dragon Slash continue to fall.

At this moment, all Wu Tie could think of was fleeing for himself...

Besides that, what else could he do?

The gods cheated, the advantage of the Great Wu Divine State was amplified to an unbearable extent; what could Wu Tie do?

Five-element divine light flickered behind him; Wu Tie gritted his teeth, preparing to expend all his strength to bring out the people inside the military city, then flee at the utmost speed.

As for what could be done after fleeing...

Wu Tie also didn't know.

This damned duel battlefield... Even if Wu Tie breaks through the confinement and escapes outside the duel battlefield, what could he do?

Escape with all his subordinates?

How could that be possible!

Now Wu Tie's family is vast and mighty—how many people are in the invincible army? The Five-Element Spirit Tribe has countless clans. Not to mention those who have pledged allegiance to Wu Tie, such as the Lan clan and the Ximen family... How could Wu Tie flee?

The Twin-Dragon Slash suddenly halted—just as it was about to utterly destroy everything inside the military city, Wu Ba ceased swinging his sword.

His eyes blood-red, his whole body exuding a vicious aura like an evil spirit, his voice hoarse as he growled: 'Hey, hey, don't say I'm not giving you a chance... hehe, I'm giving you a chance to keep struggling.'

'Come, use all your strength, your final means, come, and let us... openly and honestly, clash head-on in a direct confrontation!'

Wu Ba slowly withdrew the Twin-Dragon Slash, hoarsely laughing: 'I, I give you a chance for an open-and-aboveboard life-or-death decisive battle... What a great grace this is!'

A Wu family elder furrowed his brows, shouting hoarsely in the military formation: 'Your Majesty, what are you doing? Fight quickly and decisively, beware of unexpected complications!'

Wu Ba struck down with a sword, a miserable howl rang out, and that Wu family elder was split into fragments by Wu Ba's single sword.

A pillar of light shot up into the sky; about three hundred Great Wu elders in the military formation cried out in unison, and before they could regain their senses, Wu Ba's Twin-Dragon Slash in his hand struck down repeatedly, instantly crushing over a hundred Great Wu elders to pieces, while over a hundred pillars of light howled straight up into the heavens.

'I am the first emperor of Great Wu through the ages... You old fogeys, I've heard your constant chatter day after day, and I've had enough.'

Wu Ba lowered his head to look at the still-living Great Wu elders in the formation, and said word by word: 'Esteemed elders, I believe that for the future of Great Wu, having the main branch of our direct line is enough... Why bother keeping so many idlers who constantly scheme for power and profit against us?'

The Great Wu elders looked at each other, unable to speak.

Although Wu Ba's words made sense, you shouldn't say them here and now, let alone act on them openly!

The Great Wu family naturally has distinctions between direct and collateral lines, naturally has differences between main and branch lines, naturally has internal power struggles and various contradictions... But, Wu Ba, if you want to purge the Wu family, you should wait until the overall situation is settled before speaking or acting.

'There is no better time than this.' Wu Ba looked at the elders of his own direct line, main branch, and main support, and said in a deep voice: 'There is no better place, no better opportunity than this... I am not confused... hehe, now I am the strongest among the three kingdoms, and only with this strength can I exterminate those restless fellows...'

Among the military formation of over ten thousand Great Wu commanders, more than sixty percent shouted a charge, suddenly broke away from the formation, and then fled in all directions toward the distance.

'Kill!' Wu Ba lightly swung the Twin-Dragon Slash, black-and-red sword light sweeping across the void, countless silhouettes shrieking in misery as blood sprayed into the void.

Wu Tie and the others stared, dumbfounded.

Who could have imagined such a thing happening?

Wu Ba, who appeared rough and barbaric, unexpectedly resorted to such scheming and thought at this moment.