Chapter 457: Sacrifice and the Foundation of a Great Nation (6000)

"Tu Ha—"

A roar resounded through the battlefield.

This word in the Northern Barbarian language means "Kill him"!

Li Fei killing two powerful Badu experts in succession was indeed shocking, but the Northern Barbarians never lacked warriors.

The powerful Badu expert performing the 【Three Heads and Six Arms】 supernatural power was the first to kill toward Li Fei.

He was a person of the Fire Red Qilin tribe, named Nuomu Nuomu Waxi. Seeing that even their own Great Elder had killed his way here personally, he was exceptionally fierce.

That powerful Badu expert possessing flight supernatural powers then pointed his finger toward Li Fei.

The next second, the space where Li Fei was located suddenly became "frozen"; he not only could not move himself, but he could no longer perform 【No Distance】!

This man possessing flight supernatural powers was named Chahetailu, possessing four supernatural powers, and was a powerful expert ranking toward the front among the seven powerful Badu experts.

Chahetailu was cautious by nature, so even though he possessed flight supernatural powers, he was not the one rushing at the very front.

Even now, he was only performing supernatural powers on Li Fei from a distance, determined to play "support."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Nuomu Nuomu Waxi leaped high, arriving before Li Fei, his six arms turning into six streams of light, blasting over a hundred punches at Li Fei in an instant!

Fire, frost, blood fiend... a large expanse of light and shadow shrouded Li Fei!

Nuomu Nuomu Waxi possessed three supernatural powers; besides 【Three Heads and Six Arms】 and 【Regeneration】, there was also a 【Flowing Light】, which could significantly accelerate the flow speed of force and attack speed.

It looked ordinary, but 【Flowing Light】 could switch the way force operates in an instant, thereby performing different martial arts moves one after another.

If viewed as a turn-based game, others all launch an attack once per turn, while a warrior possessing the 【Flowing Light】 supernatural power can launch multiple different attacks in one turn.

Cooperating with the 【Three Heads and Six Arms】 supernatural power, Nuomu Nuomu Waxi could perform over a dozen different Dao forces in an instant!

At this moment, he used three types of Dao forces with the compassionate face of the Three Heads and Six Arms to disperse the force, True Power, and Blood Rage power within Li Fei's body.

Then he used four types of Dao forces with the angry face of the Three Heads and Six Arms to weaken Li Fei's multiple defenses.

Finally, he performed five types of Dao forces superimposed on himself, launching the strongest killing move!

All the light and shadow flashed and disappeared, ultimately turning into a huge Vajra pestle, descending from the sky, like a small mountain, crashing heavily onto Li Fei's head!

Sword State: Golden Body and Jade Marrow was broken, and the helmet formed by the Golden Silk Jade Red Qilin Armor on Li Fei's head had several scale leaves shattered on the spot!

The remaining force blasted onto Li Fei's crown completely. In Nuomu Nuomu Waxi's horrified gaze, Li Fei did not even have his scalp scratched, looking at him calmly.

The next instant, Li Fei disappeared from the tree crown; the large tree he was stepping on instantly turned into powder, and the ground was blasted into a large pit over ten meters deep!

The earth shook, and smoke and dust filled the air.

Li Fei appeared behind Chahetailu.

This person possessed a supernatural power that could lock space, very much restraining 【No Distance】. If this person was not resolved in time, he would not be able to come and go freely next, and would soon fall into the siege of several powerful Badu experts.

Therefore, he must kill this person!

Chahetailu's expression changed, and he immediately performed the 【Space Lock】 supernatural power with all his might, locking the space where Li Fei was located firmly again.

Although space was locked, preventing Li Fei from making moves, the force within his body still flowed freely.

He had already prepared in advance; at this time, the force had already completed "sealing" within his body—Vajra Seal: Dragon Elephant!

The Blood Rage power, surging like a mighty river, instantly turned into a sky-filling sea wave, ravaging wildly through several meridians along the way, surging into Li Fei's arms.

Power far exceeding the body's limit erupted; Li Fei shook his arms, and the space locking him also shook along with it, then appeared with patches of cracks visible to the naked eye!

This was the first time he had used super-limit power in this battle.

He held the saber with both hands, slashing forward, and a scarlet saber aura erupted, completely defeating this locked space, slashing onto Chahetailu's back.

Heaven and Earth Saber!

Originally, after Chahetailu used the 【Space Lock】 supernatural power to lock Li Fei, out of caution, he had no intention of counterattacking at all, preparing to fly away to pull distance at the first opportunity.

But he first suffered a full-power 【Blood Might God】 from Li Fei, his heart and mind suffered heavy damage, and he failed to make a reaction in time.

In the air, Chahetailu, with his back to Li Fei, was slashed across the body by the scarlet saber aura, ultimately turning into ashes completely.

Killing another powerful Badu expert!

Two three-supernatural-power, one four-supernatural-power, three powerful Badu experts were all killed by Li Fei in less than a minute!

Nuomu Nuomu Waxi was finally intimidated as well, not daring to move forward for a time.

The remaining several powerful Badu experts were likewise the same.

Chahetailu, as a four-supernatural-power Martial Arts Master, was also considered a famous expert among the Northern Barbarians, and he was even known for being "cautious and brave," once even escaping from the pursuit of an 8th-grade exotic beast.

Such an expert was actually killed so easily?

Originally a seven-on-seven situation, it was rewritten into seven-on-four by Li Fei in the blink of an eye!

In the air, Nuomu Han, who was stepping on the Taicang Nine Dragon Boat, suddenly raised a hand.

Swish—

One of the fire dragons besieging the blood-colored giant suddenly gave a tail flick, turning to kill toward Li Fei's side!

This fire dragon was over three hundred meters long, but just a tail flick tore through the sound barrier, appearing over five hundred meters away!

A massive creature over three hundred meters long flying in the air at supersonic speed brought astonishing might.

A huge, visible shockwave appeared in the air; the sky seemed to have been slashed with a crack!

The burning-heaven fire dragon crossed a distance of over a thousand meters in the blink of an eye, less than eight hundred meters away from Li Fei.

A massive majesty descended out of thin air; the trees and grass around Li Fei were all ignited!

He was surrounded by a sea of fire, and the "Heavenly Gate" he opened was forced to close, and the 【No Distance】 supernatural power could no longer be used.

This is the suppression of supernatural powers by the Martial Dao Domain!

Under the condition of being unable to use 【No Distance】, Li Fei knew he could not dodge the incoming burning-heaven fire dragon, so he could only stand in place and prepare to carry it head-on.

He had previously watched from afar as the blood-colored giant Bai Yan turned into blasted seven burning-heaven fire dragons with one move, feeling that the power of this thing was nothing more than this.

Now that it was his turn to face it, Li Fei finally felt that oppressive feeling like a mountain and a sea!

He did not doubt at all that this strike was enough to crash a mountain peak, enough to trigger a small earthquake!

Both sides were five hundred meters away.

The fire dragon bared its fangs and brandished its claws, making the sea of fire beneath Li Fei's feet shoot into the sky!

Roar—

The dragon roar resounded through heaven and earth.

Just as Li Fei was preparing to perform a super-limit strike again, a white cloud suddenly "floated" above his head.

Above the white cloud, a person in white clothes holding a sword, sleeves fluttering in the wind, long hair flying, like a banished immortal in the world, saying nothing of being free and easy.

It was precisely Qingyun University President Ji Ji Yifan!

He had timely resolved the burning-heaven fire dragon Nuomu Han had blasted toward him, and arrived at Li Fei's side.

Following Ji Ji Yifan's appearance above Li Fei's head, the sea of fire shooting into the sky suddenly extinguished, replaced by a patch of clouds and mist.

"Great Elder can also be considered a famous expert of the Northern Barbarians; how can you still sneak attack a junior?"

Ji Ji Yifan said loudly.

While he was speaking, the long sword in his hand was thrust out, stabbing toward the incoming burning-heaven fire dragon.

A sea of fire and a patch of clouds and mist collided, the power of the two Martial Dao Domains fiercely countering each other!

But there was no leakage of power at all; this collision looked not fierce.

Massive amounts of clouds and mist steamed, the sky became red, as if there were evening glow in the sky.

Rays of sword light flashed in the evening glow, like twinkling stars.

This scene looked very beautiful, but the danger within it was only known to Ji Ji Yifan himself.

Following his sentence, all visions disappeared, and this incoming burning-heaven fire dragon was slashed into several segments, ultimately exploding!

Ji Ji Yifan descended from the air, his clean white long robe stained with a little black ash.

The "flight prohibition" effect in the great formation was still there; he had just floated for a short time.

Li Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he had the confidence to carry this strike without dying, the blood souls would inevitably be consumed a lot.

This battle had just begun, and he did not want to "exit" so quickly.

On the other side, Qi Zhou also resolved the burning-heaven fire dragon that was entangling him, continuing to kill toward Wuri Wuri Tianji on the mountain peak.

In the air, Nuomu Han saw this and flicked his sleeve.

Another burning-heaven fire dragon flew out.

At the same time, the three burning-heaven fire dragons that had been blasted apart reborn from the sea of fire!

Two burning-heaven fire dragons sought out Qi Zhou, and the other two sought out Ji Ji Yifan!

Facing two burning-heaven fire dragons, plus the suppression of the great formation, the two University Presidents were unable to free themselves for a time.

Nuomu Han was equivalent to only taking out less than half of his strength, cooperating with the great formation, and steadily suppressing the two Shengji-realm Grandmasters!

This Fire Red Qilin tribe Great Elder's combat power was publicly recognized as the top three among the Northern Barbarians; having such a performance was not surprising.

But he did not extract another burning-heaven fire dragon to deal with Li Fei.

Because he had to maintain at least five burning-heaven fire dragons to cooperate with Bo'erhu to suppress Bai Yan.

Once the pressure on Bai Yan was reduced, forming a stalemate, with that Hunyuan Luo Pan in the air, the situation would only become increasingly favorable to Bai Yan.

And if Bai Yan could not be completely suppressed, Bai Yan could even seize the opportunity to strike at Nuomu Han!

Nuomu Han coming out of the mountain personally this time was already very impulsive, so every step he took now was very cautious, first ensuring his absolute safety.

Even now, he still had not used his full strength, and still kept a portion of his strength for self-preservation.

On the mountain peak, Wuri Wuri Tianji spurted out another mouthful of blood.

In the situation where he was already injured, forcibly holding up Mi Han's flying sword, and having to divide his heart to suppress the Martial Dao Domains of the three Grandmasters, he actually could not persist for too long. 【457-10

Under the condition of already being injured, while forcefully resisting Mi Han's flying sword and having to divide his attention to suppress the Martial Arts Domains of three Grandmasters, he actually could not hold on for too long.

Seeing Li Fei unleash the 【No Distance】 supernatural power and rush toward Qiu Zi'an's side, this Wuri tribe Great Elder's eyes became resolute, and he finally made a decision.

Once Li Fei helped Qiu Zi'an secure the time to attack, this female Grandmaster, whose killing power was even more terrifying than a top-tier sword cultivator, would inevitably be able to change the situation on the battlefield with a single strike!

Five dazzling stars floated above Wuri Wuri Tianji's head; these five stars were even connected to each other, forming a star field.

The next second, this star field collapsed, and the stars shattered!

Immediately following, a majestic power merged into Wuri Wuri Tianji's body.

He chose to beast-transform without reservation!

However, he was the main array controller of the Twelve Heavens Blood Fiend Array, so he could not sacrifice himself and also turn into an immortal and indestructible blood shadow.

"Great Elder!"

On the mountain peak, many Wuri tribe warriors let out sorrowful cries.

Wuri Wuri Tianji's aura surged, breaking through all the way from the 'Heavenly Gang level' to the 'Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Great Perfection'!

By the time his aura stabilized, his strength was already faintly a notch stronger than Nomuhan's!

In the air, Nomuhan sighed.

The Wuri tribe still had a Heavenly Capital-level patriarch, and most importantly, they had Boerhu, the Northern Barbarian King.

That was why Wuri Wuri Tianji could choose to sacrifice himself like this.

But he, Nomuhan, could not; he still shouldered the fate and thousand-year inheritance of the Fire Red Qilin tribe, so even if he wanted to kill Bai Yan more than anything, he could not beast-transform.

On the mountain peak, the beast-transformed Wuri Wuri Tianji immediately pointed toward Qiu Zi'an in the distance.

The twelve beast souls once again transformed into a huge blood-colored vortex, swallowing Qiu Zi'an whole!

This time, Qiu Zi'an was unable to immediately slash through this blood-colored vortex.

Without needing Wuri Wuri Tianji to give an order, the five blood shadows that had been entangled with Qiu Zi'an previously quickly charged toward Li Fei, who was rushing over!

Li Fei's expression changed, and he was about to unleash the 【No Distance】 supernatural power to dodge.

But the next instant, a blood light shrouded him, wind and thunder roared in his ears, and a terrifying majesty descended, suppressing his supernatural power!

It was Wuri Wuri Tianji who had attacked him!

At this moment, Wuri Wuri Tianji's natal magic treasure was entangling Mi Han's flying sword, and the killing move of the Twelve Heavens Blood Fiend Array, combined with the power of a portion of his own array formation, was suppressing Qiu Zi'an; there were not many means left available to him.

He could only rely on the great array to split off a portion of his own array formation's power from a distance to suppress Li Fei's supernatural power.

Even so, this was fatal for Li Fei.

Because under the condition of his supernatural power being suppressed, he had to face five immortal and indestructible Martial Arts Grandmasters!

After completing all this, Wuri Wuri Tianji also split off about thirty percent of the array formation's power to suppress that blood-colored giant.

Boom—

A black light flashed past the blood-colored giant's side.

Boerhu seized the opportunity and forcefully broke one of the blood-colored giant's arms!

Now Wuri Wuri Tianji was steadily suppressing Mi Han and Qiu Zi'an, the two strongest combat powers on the side of the Barbarian-Killing Army besides Bai Yan.

He could also divide his attention to use the array formation to simultaneously suppress Qi Zhou, Ji Ji Yifan, and Li Fei, and could even use the array formation to influence Bai Yan!

He used his own sacrifice to instantly reverse the situation on the battlefield!

Beast-transformation naturally had a time limit; Wuri Wuri Tianji could not maintain his current strength forever.

Therefore, the key depended on whether he could not hold on first, or if Bai Yan was blasted apart first.

Besides this, secondary combat powers could also influence the situation on the battlefield.

Just a moment ago it was four against seven, now it had become nine against seven!

And among them, five Ba-Du powerhouses were immortal and indestructible.

Added to over a hundred Tu-Du martial artists, the Northern Barbarians had completely gained the upper hand.

As long as they solved the Martial Arts Grandmasters and True Persons of the Barbarian-Killing Army, and then helped Wuri Wuri Tianji entangle Qiu Zi'an or Mi Han, he would be able to free up his hands to join the attack on Bai Yan, thereby accelerating the opponent's defeat!

For a time, the scales of victory began to tilt toward the Northern Barbarians.

In the rear, Mi Han looked completely unhurried, as if he had everything under control.

He raised his sleeve again, and another green light split off from his sleeve.

This time it was no longer sword light.

This green light instantly flew to the space above the battlefield where Boerhu and the blood-colored giant were located.

A palm-sized, ancient bronze mirror floated in the air, mirror face downward, reflecting Boerhu, the blood-colored giant, and the five Burning Heaven fire dragons.

Subsequently, a clear, spiritual light shone down from the mirror face, shrouding everything below.

Within this clear, spiritual light, there were faintly visible cranes dancing, jade buildings and towers, and one palace after another surrounded by white clouds.

This ancient bronze mirror looked like the legendary magic treasure that guides people to ascend to the Immortal Realm!

Under the illumination of the clear, spiritual light, the five fire dragons suddenly paused for a moment, and the suppression on the blood-colored giant's body by the 【Heaven and Earth Wind and Thunder Roar】 array formation unleashed by Wuri Wuri Tianji also instantly disintegrated!

The blood-colored giant danced the black dragon spear; in an instant, ghosts cried and wolves howled, heaven and earth wept together, and the spear transformed into streaks of black light, with monstrous killing intent shrouding the five Burning Heaven fire dragons and Boerhu.

The five Burning Heaven fire dragons were instantly blasted apart, once again transforming into a sea of fire!

Boerhu was also struck by the spear, and a bloody hole was pierced through his lower abdomen!

This sudden turn of events made the powerhouses on the Northern Barbarian side feel a shock in their hearts, and they all looked toward the ancient bronze mirror in the air.

"Nomuhan, it's been many years; I didn't expect this old man to still have a chance to exchange blows with you."

A heroic laugh came out from the ancient bronze mirror.

Nomuhan, who was stepping on a flying boat, had his expression change as he recognized this person:

"Zhang Zhang Chengbi? It's you!"

Zhang Zhang Chengbi, the previous Pavilion Master of the Zhengfa Pavilion, had 'ascended' seventy-eight years ago, passing the position of Pavilion Master to Yun Shu.

He could be considered the master of the current Imperial Preceptor, Yun Shu!

For a person whose lifespan had already been exhausted seventy-eight years ago to still be alive now, there was only one possibility—

Depositing the True Soul within a magic treasure.

After a True Person dies, their complete True Soul is deposited within their natal magic treasure; after death, it can survive for at least a hundred years or so, while a True Lord can survive for at least two hundred. (See Chapter 9 of this volume for details)

Before Zhang Zhang Chengbi's physical lifespan was exhausted, his realm was that of a top-tier True Person at the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Great Perfection; theoretically, his True Soul could survive within his natal magic treasure for about a hundred and fifty years.

Therefore, it was possible that he was still alive now.

Of course, with only the True Soul remaining and no body, the True Soul is like a tree without roots; its own realm and strength will continuously weaken as time passes, and it cannot maintain its original realm for too long, only becoming weaker and weaker.

Seventy-eight years had passed, and the realm Zhang Zhang Chengbi was currently displaying was the Heavenly Gang level.

Just now, he had suddenly attacked, creating an opportunity for Bai Yan and pulling the situation back somewhat.

"You are now lingering on in a state of suspended animation, yet you still dare to come and clamor?"

Nomuhan suddenly said angrily, restoring the five Burning Heaven fire dragons to attack Bai Yan.

Over a hundred years ago, when Zhang Zhang Chengbi was not yet the Pavilion Master of the Zhengfa Pavilion, he had exchanged blows with him in the Northern Border, and that time, he had lost.

But now his realm was a level higher, while Zhang Zhang Chengbi had already fallen in realm and could only linger on in his natal magic treasure, so naturally, he could no longer compare to him.

Yet, saying that, Nomuhan felt some helplessness in his heart.

After the top-tier True Persons of the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes die, it is usually difficult for them to retain their True Souls, because this involves the secrets of their inheritance.

And even if they could let the True Soul remain, the Northern Barbarians could not produce so many heavenly treasures to maintain the True Soul's realm.

In seventy-eight years, Zhang Zhang Chengbi had only fallen from the peak realm of Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Great Perfection to the bottom of the Heavenly Gang level.

Heaven knows how many heavenly treasures or even national destiny the Great Lan Dynasty had exhausted on him over these years?

If it were in the Northern Barbarians, for Zhang Zhang Chengbi to have a True Person realm now would be considered lucky.

On the other side, Wuri Wuri Tianji also sighed in his heart and put away the array formation suppression on Qi Zhou, Ji Ji Yifan, and Li Fei.

He also stopped attacking Bai Yan, instead concentrating all the array formation's power to confront the ancient bronze mirror in the air.

From the beginning, when Bai Yan used the Hun-Tian Compass that could partially analyze Dao principles, to now, when Mi Han sacrificed the ancient bronze mirror that preserved the combat power of a top-tier True Person.

These all belonged to the foundation of a great nation!

The Northern Barbarian side could only rely on human lives to fight, to actively beast-transform and sacrifice themselves, in order to change the situation.

While the Barbarian-Killing Army side just kept taking out the 'foundation' handed to them by the Great Lan Dynasty one piece after another.

Within the great array, the battle continued.

(End of chapter)