Chapter 294: Fierce Battle at Duanyun Pass

Duanyun Pass, the sound of killing shook the sky.

A fifty-thousand-strong Chi Yi army was fiercely attacking this pass.

The Chi Yi were of the Zhurong bloodline, and practitioners were born with the ability to control fire, so their siege was basically fire attacks; some drew in Heavenly Fire, some stimulated Earth Fire, some controlled Fire Dragons, and some controlled Fire Phoenixes, etc.

Everywhere, there were flames.

If it weren't for the protection of the Duanyun Pass array, I don't know how many people would have been burned to death.

But these were not the most terrifying.

The most terrifying thing was that the Chi Yi army used the military formation to condense a Zhurong Dharma Image, a hundred zhang high, wielding a huge flame saber, hacking at Duanyun Pass one after another.

That terrifying aura was already comparable to an Earth Immortal.

Every attack, not only the entire Duanyun Pass but even the surrounding hundred miles were shaking violently.

The Chi Yi attacked fiercely, and the defenders in the pass were not pushovers either, fully utilizing the protection of the array to continuously shoot thick bed crossbows at the Chi Yi army.

This kind of special bed crossbow was three meters long and as thick as a human arm, and could easily pierce through a mid-level Man Wu of the Man Wu.

Initial-level Man Wu, equivalent to the Human Realm.

Mid-level Man Wu, equivalent to the Earth Realm.

High-level Man Wu, equivalent to the Heaven Realm.

Wherever the bed crossbow passed, more than a dozen Man Wu were skewered into blood gourds, screaming endlessly.

Not only bed crossbows, but there were also other attack machines in the pass, such as catapults, thunder fire balls, etc., as well as various Dharma Images condensed by the soldiers in the pass with war, such as White Tigers, Divine Eagles, etc., pouncing on the Chi Yi army.

Overall, although Duanyun Pass was in danger, the Chi Yi army suffered greater losses.

Unless the defensive array was broken, the casualty rate of the soldiers in the pass was very low.

At most, they were killed by the backlash of the array.

Facing endless attacks, Duanyun Pass looked motionless, but in fact, soldiers were shaken to death every moment.

No matter how strong the array was, it needed people to activate it.

Four Sky Patrol Warships came like streams of light from the horizon, hovering over Duanyun Pass, their terrifying aura sweeping across all directions, and then stimulated terrifying wind blades, covering the sky and covering the earth towards the Chi Yi army.

Under the violent wind blades, the sky-filling fire attacks were swept back.

"Great Shang's Sky Patrol Warship!"

In the center of the Chi Yi army, on a huge command vehicle, a nearly three-meter-tall majestic man roared.

He had a head of fiery red hair, and even his pupils were red, and coupled with the fiery red robe he wore, the whole person looked like a blazing flame.

This person was the Chi Yi general Kuiyuan.

Kuiyuan's pupils constricted, his fists clenched, and he wished he could roar to the sky.

He had been fiercely attacking Duanyun Pass for nearly two months and felt that he had almost worn down the defensive array, just about to break through Duanyun Pass in one go, but he did not expect the arrival of Great Shang's Sky Patrol Warships at the critical moment.

Forty years ago, he had witnessed the power of the Sky Patrol Warship.

Unless the four great sacrificial priests took action, no matter how many people there were, it would be useless, and they could only be slaughtered by the other side.

Countless wind blades fell from the sky, instantly defeating the battle formation Dharma Images one after another, thousands of warriors were torn apart by the wind blades, and tens of thousands of warriors were injured.

Although resentful, he did not lose his mind.

In fact, this situation had long been within their expectations.

They were making such a big move, it was impossible for Great Shang not to react.

Thinking of this, Kuiyuan did not hesitate; he spread his palms, and a golden turtle shell appeared, then he threw it hard, and the golden turtle shell grew against the wind, turning into a sky-covering tomb, covering the sky above the Chi Yi army.

This huge golden turtle shell spanned more than a hundred miles, blooming with brilliant golden light.

Countless wind blades struck it, but there was no reaction at all.

"Retreat!"

Kuiyuan did not hesitate anymore and ordered a retreat.

Although the golden turtle shell was powerful and could block the attacks of the four Sky Patrol Warships, it could not last long.

Once its own energy was exhausted, it needed people to activate it.

Who could withstand this?

Although the Chi Yi were all soldiers, they were also born warriors, and the formation remained orderly during the retreat.

"Retreated, retreated!"

"Haha, great, reinforcements have arrived!"

"Heavens, is that Great Shang's national artifact, the Sky Patrol Warship?"

Inside the pass, the soldiers cheered happily.

They were already exhausted; if it weren't for holding on with one breath, the defensive array would probably have been broken.

Once the defensive array was broken, how could a mere Duanyun Pass withstand the Chi Yi army?

On the city wall, a cold and firm general also relaxed his expression; he looked around and said in a deep voice: "Someone, go and notify the generals, follow me to welcome the Celestial Dynasty reinforcements."

The Chi Yi army retreated, and Yin Qi did not let anyone pursue.

There were still a fifty-thousand-strong elite army on these four warships; once any situation occurred, everyone would be turned into flying ash, not to mention that these four warships would not easily be committed to actual combat.

Great Shang sending troops was not a secret, and the Eastern Yi must have received the news; who knew if they had any backup plans.

Duanyun Pass was dangerous and majestic, and it could accommodate a million-strong army.

On the drill ground.

Four Sky Patrol Warships hovered at a height of five or six meters, tens of thousands of soldiers continuously poured out from them, soon filling most of the drill ground, and then the four warships left directly.

Yin Qi stood with his hands behind his back, watching a group of soldiers full of blood-evil aura walking towards him.

Leading them was a cold and firm general; he stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "The end general pays respects to Your Highness, and pays respects to the Marquis."

The generals behind him also bowed and said: "We pay respects to Your Highness, and pay respects to the Marquis."

Yin Qi helped them up with his right hand: "No need for formalities, generals, you have worked hard."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Feng Yunzong introduced: "Your Highness, this is my clansman Feng Lin, who possesses strange arts and is also the main general of Duanyun Pass; this is Xue An, who is good at spear techniques; this is Lian Chengyun, who is not only good at spear techniques but also has superb archery..."

Yin Qi smiled gently and nodded to the people being introduced, making everyone flattered.

Among these generals, he cared most about Feng Lin.

Hearing Feng Yunzong's introduction, he knew that this Feng Lin was the Feng Lin who was finally canonized in the original Fengshen work.

In the original work, the other party was the vanguard officer under Zhang Guifang, the general of Longguan.

Now it seems that Feng Lin had not yet gone to Great Shang.

In the Fengshen War, there were countless deaths and injuries.

Anyone who could be canonized was a hero among men.

After Feng Yunzong finished the introduction, Yin Qi said: "Good, not bad. Let's go, let's enter the pass first."

Main General Mansion.

Yin Qi sat high in the upper seat, quietly watching Feng Yunzong arrange tasks.

In his view, although Feng Yunzong's arrangement had some flaws, the problem was not big, so he did not bring it up, so as not to strike at Feng Yunzong's prestige.

Since he decided to delegate power, he could not care about everything, so as not to make Feng Yunzong feel tied up.

As long as the general direction was not wrong, it would be fine.

Feng Yunzong finally looked at Yin Qi and arched his hands: "Your Highness, what do you think?"

Although Yin Qi handed over the command of the army to him, he was not arrogant, and even appointed Ding Ce as the deputy commander, only below him, to stabilize Ding Ce and others.

After all, they were Yin Qi's direct subordinates.

Yin Qi smiled gently: "I said before, you are the main general; how to make decisions is up to you."

A strange look flashed in the eyes of Feng Lin and others.

Among them were Qingzhou generals, and also passing generals, who were not familiar with Yin Qi.

If they could, they would naturally prefer to follow Feng Yunzong's dispatch; after all, Yin Qi was famous for his reputation for benevolence and righteousness and his talent in handling government affairs, which was completely different from commanding an army in battle.

An incompetent general tires out the three armies.

Zhang Shaokang, Ding Ce, and the many generals of the fifty-thousand-strong army also did not object.

Moreover, Feng Yunzong's arrangement was truly flawless, not treating them as cannon fodder, and Ding Ce was the deputy commander, so they naturally would not object.

During the war, all empty rituals were waived, and there was no welcome banquet.

After the discussion, Feng Yunzong and others also took action; they had too many things to do, and Yin Qi was instead idle, at least on the surface.

But in fact, his true self had long since secretly left Duanyun Pass.

The one left in Duanyun Pass was just a clone.

This clone was derived from flesh and blood, and was indistinguishable from the true self; it was estimated that even a Golden Immortal could not tell.

Even, it was more true than the true self.

The true self was a peak Earth Immortal realm expert, and it was estimated that no one would believe it if he said it.

And this one only had the cultivation of the Human Realm. ===== CHAPTER 295 =====