Chapter 474

In these few days, Yili Shenjun Kunian often rushed out of the divine palace to fight Lingzhi Sanren.

The divine beings on both sides also fought with spells several times.

Daoist Jiang also arrived in this area.

Lin Jue knew that she was the final layer of insurance for himself.

If he were to fail in his battle with Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng and could not preserve himself, she would summon Yili Shenjun Yi Li, who was currently in the north guarding against the Northern Husheng Husheng Zhenjun.

Lin Jue was sometimes in the sky, sometimes on the ground.

Unknowingly, the weather suddenly turned cold.

Even the fox turned its head to tell him:

"It's chilly!"

However, this was not a natural cooling from autumn to winter; even if it were autumn now, it was only early autumn. On this mortal land, the "autumn tiger" was still raging.

"No need to think, it must be a trick of the divine beings."

Lin Jue sat cross-legged on a high mountain, gazing into the distance.

A stone pass standing on the mountaintop blocked the southern army's advance into the Central Plains. Both sides had been attacking and defending for many days, and the casualties were severe.

Sure enough, as soon as his voice fell, snow actually began to drift around him.

This made the fox happy.

With its long fur, it was destined not to live in warm places. In its view, winter was just chilly. A chilly winter made it feel at ease, and if it started to snow, it would be even happier.

The fox stood up on its hind legs, grabbed the snowflakes drifting in the sky with its paws, and hopped around in the forest, looking everywhere.

The ground was soon covered with a layer of white fluff.

"Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng has arrived."

A cold and indifferent voice came from behind.

A woman wearing Daoist robes and holding a whisk stood there, and divine light was clearly visible on her body: "This is a divine being from Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng's camp; he can reverse winter and summer."

"He has many capable people under his command."

"Not to mention Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng's own abilities, the capable divine beings under his command are indeed numerous. He is a Husheng Husheng Zhenjun under Lord Tianweng, occupying the orthodoxy of the Nine Heavens. Moreover, he is a man of loyalty and treats the divine beings and celestial soldiers under his command very well, so naturally, many people follow him." Daoist Jiang said, "Besides soldiers and generals, he has six departments of divine officials under his command: Water, Fire, Cold, Locust, Wind, and Ghost."

"The wind on the city wall during the siege a few days ago..."

"Looking at it now, it is very likely." Daoist Jiang said, "The panic in the King of Yue's camp the night before last was likely the work of the Ghost Department."

"So that's how it is."

Previously, he had heard Junior Sister say that on Fengshan Mountain that day, the two divine generals, Angry Thief and Evil Bandit, had attacked Senior Ye, and they had also used the Water and Fire divine officials. Now it seems he has already witnessed four of the six departments.

Now this "Cold" is the fifth department.

Lin Jue pondered and said: "It was the time of the 'autumn tiger,' and the soldiers were all dressed thinly. Such a sudden cold would surely be unbearable. How do you all respond?"

Daoist Jiang replied: "Divine beings have their own abilities."

As soon as her voice fell, the mountain forest began to stir.

A warm wind blew from the east, pressing down the withered grass and shaking the mountain branches, making a rustling sound.

This wind was like one blowing from a place of scorching sunlight during the height of midsummer. It felt warm on the body, not only melting the snow into water but also blowing away the snow clouds in the sky and the cold air between heaven and earth.

The fox, which had been playing in the snow, was stunned for a moment, stopped, and looked up at the sky.

Lin Jue looked toward the distance.

He saw that although it was clearly afternoon, the eastern sky was hung with a cluster of fire-red clouds, truly looking as if there were fire burning in the clouds, with a gray-robed divine being holding a fan behind the clouds, fanning the wind.

"Suddenly cold, suddenly hot..."

I'm afraid the soldiers wouldn't find it comfortable either.

But fortunately, the warm wind was gentle, and it only lasted for a moment.

Heaven and earth soon became scorching hot.

In a trance, it felt like the height of summer.

Gods descending to the mortal realm to participate in human disputes is something the Heavenly Venerable's Heavenly Law does not allow. However, looking through history, every time the sky changes, most of them have gods descending to the mortal realm in various ways to help their believers.

Indeed, a cluster of dark clouds flew in from the distance.

But looking closely, one realized that it wasn't clouds, but dense swarms of locusts forming a dark cloud, pressing toward this part of the world.

The Locust Department divine official from Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng's camp had arrived.

And they had borrowed the momentum of this warm wind and the heat of the summer.

"A bit interesting!"

Not long after, the swarm of insects pounced on the army below.

"Whoosh..."

The world was filled with the sound of vibrating wings.

Some locusts even flew onto this mountain, and a few landed not far from Lin Jue.

They had originally landed on the green leaves, about to start eating, but when they saw the two people and one fox nearby, they immediately became ferocious, spread their wings, and crashed toward the two people and one fox.

"Slap! Slap!"

Two locusts crashed into Lin Jue's face in succession and bounced back, while Lin Jue didn't even blink.

Daoist Jiang also waved her whisk, knocking down two.

The fox shook its head, opened its mouth, and bit one, then waved its paws, grabbed another, and sent it into its mouth, chewing it up and eating it directly.

"Why does it taste different from what I ate the past two days?"

After eating, the fox took small steps to Lin Jue's side, licked the one that had landed on his clothes and the one that was crawling on his face biting him into its mouth, and chewed them up.

After eating, it gave its evaluation: "It's just different!"

Lin Jue looked into the distance and said nothing.

These locusts were ferocious and would actively bite people, and their dust would also cause discomfort to some people, but their direct damage was limited; their main purpose was to deal with the military provisions.

Needless to say, this was not a divine ability used for direct combat, but a skill used to "manage" mortal people, a skill used to gather incense. Perhaps it could also be considered a kind of "great divine ability," which might be more useful than other combat abilities when it came to the fundamental incense of divine beings.

Therefore, divine beings raising locust gods and plague gods was fundamentally not for subduing demons or enhancing combat ability, but for herding the people.

"That is an ancient Immortal adjusted by Tianweng, named Caizhi Sanren!"

In short, it was still about dealing with mortal people.

"Hmph..."

Lin Jue shook his head and snorted coldly.

And the Southern divine beings' method of response was to bring rain.

"Boom!"

Dark clouds gathered rapidly, and a thunderclap exploded.

When you noticed the first raindrop falling, there were immediately second, third, and fourth ones. Before you could react, a torrential downpour descended, and then, dense and thick, it poured onto the mortal realm.

The figures of divine officials were vaguely visible in the dark clouds.

Faced with this sudden heavy rain, the army and the locusts were both in the wilderness and could not avoid it at all.

Once the locusts got wet, they couldn't fly.

But immediately following that, the Water Department from Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng's camp arrived.

Just now they had released the locusts, borrowing the warm wind and heat brought by the Southern divine beings; now they borrowed the heavy rain brought by the Southern divine beings to control the locusts—

Shiding City was built on a mountain, the terrain was dangerous, and there were steep slopes everywhere. Don't look at the fact that the rain had only been falling for a short while; the rain was so heavy that it had already washed out muddy water on the mountain.

The rain officials under Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng's command not only did not stop the rain but continued to let it fall, helping to increase the rainfall. The Water Department divine officials controlled this rainwater, accumulating it in the mountains and washing the mountain's mud, sand, and stones back and forth. Once they had softened the mountain body, they didn't even need to do anything else; they just withdrew their hands, and the water accumulated in the mountains mixed with the mud, sand, and stones, turning into a mountain torrent, surging down together.

One of the torrents rushed directly toward the army besieging the city.

The Southern army was caught off guard and suddenly suffered heavy losses.

Lin Jue couldn't help but stand up.

Just as he was about to strike, fortunately, there were also powerful divine beings under Yili Shenjun Kunian's command who, from who knows where, pushed huge mountain rocks to block this mountain torrent.

Lin Jue then sat down, thinking to himself, "No wonder."

If your army is dressed thinly, I will turn the weather to winter; if you make it hot, I will take the opportunity to bring a locust plague; if you bring rain, I will just happen to trigger a mountain torrent.

No wonder the Northern and Southern armies had long since arrived outside Qinzhou and the Central Plains, yet they had been blocked by the imperial court for so long.

Besides the fact that attacking a city is inherently more difficult than defending one, this was also a reason.

And this was just one part of the battlefield of heaven and earth at this moment.

It was a microcosm of the entire struggle between heaven and earth.

Other places were probably the same, perhaps even more intense.

Lin Jue shook his head, then turned his head and said: "The divine beings on your side don't seem as good at strategy as Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng's side."

"Yili Shenjun Kunian became a god through bravery. Before he died, he loved to charge into formations, capture flags, and behead commanders; he rarely used strategy."

Lin Jue couldn't help but look at her more.

It seems that the merits she had accumulated were enough for her to be conferred the title of *Yuanjun*; otherwise, the divine position of a Husheng Husheng Zhenjun is much higher than hers, and she wouldn't have said this so calmly and indifferently.

Just at this moment, a flash of silver light appeared on the horizon.

It was several silver rings as large as cartwheels, flying at high speed, striking straight at the several power gods who were pushing the huge rocks to block the mountain torrent.

The reaction on this side was also very fast.

Two divine lights descended, turning into two divine generals wearing black-red armor and blood-colored cloaks. One held a large spear, and the other held twin swords, dancing in the air and waving their weapons.

*Dang, dang, dang*—after several sounds, they knocked away the silver rings.

However, in the next instant, the silver rings came again.

I don't know if the silver rings that had just been knocked away flew back, or if they were flying slower to begin with, but this time there were dozens of silver rings flying over...

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The two divine generals were very brave and fought hard to resist.

However, they were not True Lords and clearly could not fight Lingzhi Sanren.

Just at this moment—

A divine light descended from the sky and landed beside Lin Jue.

A burly Husheng Husheng Zhenjun revealed his true form, holding an ancient *bi*. The mountain-pattern armor on his body still had damaged spots, and the five-colored divine robe had not been changed, but it added a touch of bravery and combat prowess to him.

"Leave this to you?"

It was a voice like thunder, as if exploding on the crown of his head.

"I can." Lin Jue looked up and met his gaze, "I have only one question."

"Speak quickly!"

"Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng has a divine ability called 'Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell.' If there is no way to break it, one can only defeat him but never kill him. Since the Yili Shenjun has come to fight Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng, is there a solution?"

Yili Shenjun Kunian's eyes couldn't help but shrink.

Hearing this, he finally understood that this Daoist actually wanted to fight Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng to the death and even wanted to take his life.

"What great courage!"

Yili Shenjun Kunian took out a cover:

"If you truly have the courage, I have an object called the 'Mysterious Turtle Heavenly Bell.' Throwing it out can trap a piece of heaven and earth! Once released, no matter his Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell or his Golden Light of Earth-Escaping, he won't be able to escape. But you won't be able to get out either. In this way, a life-and-death struggle is inevitable!"

This looked like a high-arched turtle shell.

Lin Jue reached out and took it.

Yili Shenjun Kunian remained imposing without being angry, but he seemed to look at him with higher regard. Then he swept a glance at Daoist Jiang, and with a boom, he turned into divine light and flew toward the distant immortals, holding the ancient *bi*.

"May you be victorious!"

His thunderous voice came from afar.

It was not "wish you good luck," not "wish you don't meet Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Baosheng here," and not "advise you to defend and not go out to fight." A single "may you be victorious" was already this Yili Shenjun's recognition.