Chapter 795: With Divine Assistance

(PS: When I was writing this plot, I anticipated that people would definitely say the imperial court is too incompetent and the plot is too unreasonable:

First, why didn't the imperial court send a Martial Saint or a True Person? Yun Shu is severely injured, and Wen Ren Zheng and the Heavenly Blue Cavalry must guard the national capital. The capital involves the nation's destiny and is the hub of the world, with all civil and military officials present; other places might have problems, but this place absolutely cannot!

Of the remaining three ten-thousand-man-level Imperial Guard armies, the Green Frost Army has already been deployed; one must guard the grasslands, and one must guard the Western Continent. King Li dares not use them, and other top experts in the martial arts world cannot command them.

Second, was the imperial court unprepared for Qiming? If there were no traitor, Bai Yan would not have died. The Heaven-Mixing Compass, the peace talisman on his body, and that star were all the imperial court's means to target Qiming. But to say they could one-hundred-percent counter a True Person hiding in the shadows and launching a sneak attack is impossible.

Third, is it unreasonable for a traitor to appear in a key position? Just look at last year's news: a big shot equivalent to the 'Minister of War' was dismissed from both his party and government posts. Is this level high enough? Is the position critical enough? Even this can have problems. By comparison, the novel is actually much more reasonable than reality.)

Lanling City.

Inside the grand hall where the Imperial Preceptor Yun Shu is in seclusion.

Nine bronze tripods are placed inside the hall, engraved with coiled dragon inscriptions.

The nine tripods are distributed around the hall, and the floor is made of white jade slabs engraved with complex array patterns.

At this moment, all the array patterns on the ground light up, and the nine bronze tripods condense a majestic national destiny!

Imperial Preceptor Yun Shu stands in the center of the hall, with a compass emitting starlight hovering above his head; it is his life-bound magic treasure.

When Bai Yan, thousands of miles away, activated the Dao rule power he had left for him, he responded from within this hall.

Even though he is a True Person, using this method still requires consuming national destiny.

But in order to behead the Northern Barbarian King, this is a necessary investment.

At a certain moment, Yun Shu's expression changes, and he points one hand upward, injecting a majestic force into his life-bound magic treasure.

Inside the hall, the nine tripods shine brightly simultaneously, and the national destiny within them boils!

This moment is exactly when Qiming strikes at Bai Yan.

A moment later, the Emperor, who is in the Imperial Study, receives the information from Yun Shu.

A supreme and vast aura erupts from within the Emperor's body, and the Imperial Jade Seal on the desk flies out of its box and lands in his hand.

The Son of Heaven sits upright on his seat, his gaze deep and his expression cold and solemn.

As long as Yun Shu completely locks onto Qiming's position, even if it costs national destiny, he will have Yun Shu strike at Qiming from afar!

Back when Qingxu rebelled and established a Daoist kingdom on earth, it was like a war between two countries against the Great Lan Dynasty; in the end, both sides were competing in strength and foundation.

And Qiming cursing a nation in secret to achieve the Dao is more like a thief entering the house for the Great Lan Dynasty.

This thief has been hiding in the dark, stealing things and causing destruction, but dares not jump out openly.

Because for Qiming, who cultivates the curse Dao rule, the Great Lan Dynasty's national destiny is also a type of curse to him, and the one that causes the most damage!

Therefore, once he is completely locked onto by Yun Shu, as long as the Emperor is willing to consume national destiny, there is a chance to directly severely injure him, or even cause his realm to fall!

The Heaven-Mixing Compass that Yun Shu gave to Bai Yan and the star within his body were both meant to deter Qiming, making him afraid to strike.

But if Qiming is willing to take the risk to strike, he must pay the price.

The only difference is the degree.

If Qiming only strikes at the Imperial Guard army, he will not be tracked immediately, but he must then deal with Yun Shu's tracking with all his might.

If Qiming strikes directly at an important figure like Bai Yan, he will be immediately locked onto by Yun Shu!

So before the battle began, the Emperor and Yun Shu calculated an 'account' together:

If Qiming strikes at the Imperial Guard army, the operation to kill the barbarian army might fail, but it won't result in heavy casualties, and the imperial court will have a chance to eliminate a huge hidden danger.

If Qiming strikes directly at Bai Yan, the army to kill the barbarians might be wiped out, but Qiming will also have to get himself involved!

No matter how they calculate it, even if the imperial court loses, it won't lose too much.

There is rarely a perfect strategy in this world; one can only weigh the pros and cons and then fight with all one's might for the best result.

It is just that the only thing the Emperor and Yun Shu did not calculate was the person Qi Zhou.

Deep in the wilderness.

The commander of an army being killed is a fatal blow to any unit!

Moreover, in a war dominated by extraordinary abilities, the outcome of top experts often directly determines the outcome of the entire war.

Once Bai Yan is dead, even if the three thousand Imperial Guard soldiers are safe and sound, no one can integrate their power together.

In this way, there is no longer any combat power on the field at the same level as the beast-transformed Bo'erhu.

Mi Han and Qiu Zi'an are held back by Wuri Tianji, and the remaining Qi Zhou, Ji Yifan, and Zhang Chengbi—two at the Peak Realm and one at the Heavenly Gang level—cannot stop Bo'erhu even if the three of them join forces!

The defeat and destruction of the army to kill the barbarians is almost just a matter of time!

At the very back, Mi Han, who is controlling his life-bound flying sword, has eyes that keep changing, and he has already begun to consider fleeing.

In the end, he only came this time to make up for his crimes and hope to regain power in the future. After all, power means cultivation resources; relying only on himself, it is almost impossible for his realm to make any progress.

When it really comes to the critical moment, he has absolutely no determination to sacrifice his life for the country.

As a sword cultivator, he can use sword light to escape a thousand miles; if he really wants to run, it is difficult for Bo'erhu to keep him.

Just as Mi Han is about to retract his life-bound flying sword, Li Fei suddenly takes out a token.

He has many tokens on him, and they are all very important!

The token Li Fei takes out at this moment is not the gold token that says 'As If I Am Personally Present', but a black token with the character 'Master' written on the front.

This token was given to him by Shi Caiming when he first met him.

This token represents the authority the Martial University President gave to Li Fei, allowing Li Fei to directly mobilize the Martial Security Guards and view many secret files.

Besides this, the token also has a self-defense function; a sword intent was attached to the token by Shi Caiming using a divine ability (see Chapter 81 of Volume 2 for details).

Later, when Li Fei was enfeoffed as a Marquis and returned to the Martial University, given his ability to cause trouble, Shi Caiming added power to this token, splitting off a portion of his own Martial Dao Domain and attaching it to the token!

Just like when Xu Jing split off a portion of his own Martial Dao Domain for the New Heaven Society, letting You Ming take it into the Tomb of Heavenly Water to kill Li Fei.

Shi Caiming also used a similar method to seal a portion of his own power in this token and gave it to Li Fei for self-defense.

Splitting the Martial Dao Domain is a significant loss for a Grandmaster; if it is split too many times, it is even possible to damage one's foundation, so no Grandmaster is willing to do this easily.

Xu Jing was willing because he wanted to eliminate his inner demons.

As for Shi Caiming, it was naturally out of his care for Li Fei.

Li Fei has always carried this token with him and could not bear to use it.

Even when he was in danger in the Tomb of Heavenly Water, he did not use this token because he was confident he could handle the situation at that time.

As for facing Qiming's attack, it was a case where even using the token would be useless, so he didn't use it.

Now, Li Fei activates this token!

A thin line of fire erupts from the token and extends rapidly toward the front, like a sharp sword stretched infinitely.

This line of fire does not emit too strong a momentum, but wherever it passes, the power of the Twelve Heavens Blood Evil Array melts and dissipates instantly like snow under sunlight!

Li Fei's strike is not aimed at any expert on the Northern Barbarian side, but at an empty space with no one there.

From the moment the token is activated to the moment this line of fire hits that empty space, it is only a matter of an instant.

Boom—

A large pit is blown open where the line of fire strikes, and a ring of fire spreads to the surroundings, burning up all the plants!

Immediately following this, the blood curtain shrouding this battlefield shakes violently.

Snap—

As if thousands of pieces of porcelain were shattering at the same time, the Twelve Heavens Blood Evil Array shows obvious damage!

Li Fei drives the token, using the power of a Grandmaster, to hit the key node of the array precisely with one strike!

The power of this strike is certainly not that strong; it is just because the blood-colored giant transformed by Bai Yan had been constantly destroying the nodes of the array, and Li Fei's strike just added the critical blow.

And Li Fei knows almost nothing about the Twelve Heavens Blood Evil Array and does not have the vision or realm to find the key node.

The reason he was able to hit it precisely is because of the Heaven-Mixing Compass in the air.

Nuomuhan's interference with the Heaven-Mixing Compass only lasted for a few seconds; at this moment, starlight covers the whole field again, and this compass automatically locks the auxiliary target onto Li Fei!

A large amount of information pours into Li Fei's mind, and his way of perception changes drastically; everything before his eyes becomes different:

Under the blood curtain, the array is no longer a sea of blood light, thunder, and storms, but flowing lines and nodes intertwined together.

He sees the key node at a glance, so he decisively activates the token given by Shi Caiming and adds a strike.

Although this strike still fails to break the array directly, it causes the array to fluctuate violently, and at the same time, it causes Wuri Tianji, who is presiding over the array, to suffer a serious backlash!

On the mountain peak, Wuri Tianji spits out a mouthful of blood, and his own true power becomes abnormally chaotic due to this backlash.

In the air, Mi Han's life-bound flying sword has been wrestling with Wuri Tianji's life-bound magic treasure; when the power of this black dragon weakens, he completes a counterattack almost subconsciously.

Swish, swish, swish—

The black dragon loses all its flesh and blood, and its white bone body breaks inch by inch!

This life-bound magic treasure had already suffered heavy damage because Wuri Tianji forcibly attacked Li Fei, and now it is directly destroyed!

If a warlock's physical body is destroyed, they can still live as long as their true soul remains.

But if their life-bound magic treasure is destroyed, it is a narrow escape from death!

"No—"

In the air, Bo'erhu, who just killed Bai Yan and is immersed in joy, opens his eyes wide in anger.

Wuri Tianji looks up at Bo'erhu, a touch of sorrow appearing on his face; he opens his mouth to say something, but his body suddenly collapses from the inside out, exploding into a mass of blurred flesh and blood!

For other top True Persons, there might still be a glimmer of hope if their life-bound magic treasure is destroyed.

But for Wuri Tianji, who has already undergone beast transformation, this is certain death!

Once Wuri Tianji is dead, the Twelve Heavens Blood Evil Array immediately collapses completely.

The three Hegemon-level blood shadows and more than thirty General-level blood shadows in the array are all destroyed one after another!

The two True Persons assisting Wuri Tianji in presiding over the array also suffer backlash.

A second ago, the Northern Barbarians had the 'Prince-level' combat power of Bo'erhu, and Wuri Tianji, who possessed the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend realms after beast transformation.

But now, Wuri Tianji is dead, Nuomuhan was severely injured by Bai Yan's previous 'spear throw', and the only top combat power left who can still fight is the Northern Barbarian King, a 'lone commander'.

On the side of the army to kill the barbarians, the two major combat powers Mi Han and Qiu Zi'an are liberated, plus the three top combat powers Qi Zhou, Ji Yifan, and Zhang Chengbi.

With five against one, at least it is not hopeless.

This sudden strike from Li Fei can be called a stroke of genius!

Once again, he pulled the Barbarian-Slaying Army back from the brink of despair!

"Ah—"

Bo'erhu suddenly let out a heaven-shaking roar, carrying monstrous rage as he charged toward Ji Yifan, who was rushing to provide support.

He wanted to quickly kill one or two top-tier combatants to completely extinguish the hope of the Barbarian-Slaying Army!

Zhang Chengbi, within the ancient bronze mirror, immediately shone a beam of clear spiritual light onto Ji Yifan, and Ji Yifan also immediately deployed his Martial Dao Domain to protect himself.

At this moment, besides Zhang Chengbi, only Mi Han could provide timely rescue to Ji Yifan.

With the speed of his natal flying sword, he could fly over and attack Bo'erhu in almost an instant.

But Mi Han hesitated.

If his natal flying sword were severely damaged by Bo'erhu, it would be difficult for him to escape with his life afterward.

By contrast, the female Grandmaster Qiu Zi'an did not hesitate at all; she immediately transformed her Martial Dao Domain into blade energy once again and slashed toward the distant Bo'erhu!

At this moment, the fastest person on the field, besides Mi Han's flying sword, was Li Fei, who possessed the 【No Distance】 divine ability.

He did not hesitate to teleport toward the distant battlefield!

In the blink of an eye, he arrived where the Imperial Camp Army had fallen.

Of the three thousand six hundred Imperial Camp soldiers and three Martial Dao Masters, besides the five hundred or so who died in the previous exchange with Bo'erhu, Qiming's curse had killed over a thousand.

Of the remaining two thousand plus, half were infected with the curse; the Imperial Camp soldiers with cultivation below the Dao Foundation Realm were now lying on the ground, their skin turning black, blood flowing from their seven orifices, wailing in agony!

The remaining thousand or so Imperial Camp soldiers were unharmed, but they were exhausted and dispirited; having witnessed Bai Yan being killed, their morale had collapsed and their military spirit was shaken.

"Form up—"

Li Fei arrived above these Imperial Camp soldiers and shouted loudly.

Many looked up at him with bewildered expressions.

"Do you want to just lie on the ground and be slaughtered, or die standing?!"

Li Fei's voice landed heavily in everyone's hearts.

As his words fell, his essence, energy, and blood ignited like wolf smoke, shooting straight into the sky!

Bursts of power erupted from his body, falling toward the crowd of Imperial Camp soldiers below.

At the same time, a surge of mental power swept over, as if blowing an invisible bugle, issuing a command to everyone.

This was a military Martial Dao technique for commanding army formations!

Li Fei had never practiced this type of martial art, nor had he ever commanded an army formation, but at this moment, he had the assistance of the Heaven-Mixing Compass.

To know all is to be all-powerful, as if aided by the divine!

Li Fei did not need to know all; he only needed to circulate his 'essence, energy, and spirit' according to the prompts given by the Heaven-Mixing Compass.

These Imperial Camp soldiers who joined the Barbarian-Slaying Army were all strictly selected; whether in martial arts, control over baleful energy, proficiency in army formations, willpower, or loyalty, they were the absolute best.

Therefore, when Li Fei activated the military Martial Dao technique, these Imperial Camp soldiers reacted almost instinctively, like veterans of a dozen years hearing a morning bugle.

Over a thousand uncursed Imperial Camp soldiers quickly rose, activated their baleful weapons, and formed an army formation.

The more than one hundred and fifty Dao Foundation Realm martial artists and three Martial Dao Masters, although suffering from the curse, were not yet dead.

At this moment, they also gritted their teeth to activate their baleful weapons, merging their power into the formation to respond to Li Fei's 'call'.

And so, in the blink of an eye, another blood-colored giant appeared on the field!

This blood-colored giant was only one-third the size of the previous one, standing no more than a hundred meters tall, and its power was far inferior to before, but it still barely reached the level of a Divine Derivation Realm Grandmaster.

For the current Barbarian-Slaying Army, having one more Divine Derivation Realm Grandmaster's combat power meant one more shred of hope!

PS: Wishing everyone a Happy New Year, a happy family reunion, and may you also be aided by the divine in the new year~

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