Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16357 Bloodbath

Xu Zhengqing was sitting in his room, processing documents. He was an elder of the Ironclad Sect and had a very strong command ability. When Fang Wuwei was alive, he was Fang Wuwei's deputy. Now that Fang Wuwei was dead, he became the commander of the sect alliance army. Because of this, he was very busy every day and had many things to deal with.

Just as Xu Zhengqing was processing documents, his room door was suddenly pushed open. Xu Zhengqing frowned and looked up, about to reprimand someone, when he heard a voice say, "Elder Xu, news has come back from a stronghold at the front that a large number of enemies are coming towards us. They are numerous and overwhelming."

Xu Zhengqing's expression changed immediately. He shouted, "Sound the alarm! Notify everyone to enter the underground space! Send a letter to General Li and the others, asking them to come and provide support immediately! Hurry!"

The man responded and immediately turned to leave. Then, a piercing alarm sounded, and the entire base descended into chaos. Everyone flew out of their rooms. Many members of the Jade Beard Sect lived in the underground space, which they had been continuously expanding. However, they couldn't accommodate everyone, so many still lived outside. Upon hearing the alarm, they rushed out of their rooms and entered the underground space through the various entrances. Because they entered the underground space daily to expand it, they knew exactly where to enter. Although panicked, they remained organized.

Xu Zhengqing did not immediately enter the underground space. He stood in mid-air, looking in the direction from which the Blood Slaughter Sect had come. Soon he saw giant energy swords. These giant swords were all made of people and covered with a protective shield. To be honest, Xu Zhengqing still did not know how the Blood Slaughter Sect made these giant swords.

Once those giant swords reached them, they showed no sign of stopping, crashing directly into their protective shield. Upon seeing this, Xu Zhengqing's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected the enemy to attack without a word or any warning. He immediately led the remaining men into the underground space, sealing off the entrance and exit. Let the enemy use magic to enter; he wasn't going to leave the entrance and exit open for them.

By the time Xu Zhengqing entered the underground space, reinforcements from the military and the aristocratic alliance had arrived and were continuously arriving. They had set up numerous teleportation arrays in their underground space to facilitate the arrival of others to support them.

Their underground space is now ten zhang deep and extends downwards, with ten levels in total. Its area completely covers the original main hall of the Jade Beard Sect. This underground space can house millions of people. This underground space not only has a command hall, but also various passages. Some of these passages are actually sealed off, which are fake passages, while others are real passages. There are also open passages and hidden passages. The open passages are very simple, which are normal passages for people to pass through. However, the hidden passages are not. The hidden passages are next to the open passages and are used to ambush people. When the enemy enters the open passages, they can attack the enemy from the hidden passages. It can be said that they have gone to great lengths to set up this underground space. Each level of the underground space has a teleportation array, and not just one teleportation array. At the same time, there are also living quarters for disciples, living areas, and combat areas, all of which have been separated. It can be said that the entire underground space has been transformed into an underground war fortress.

After entering the underground space, Xu Zhengqing immediately contacted the military and the reinforcements from the aristocratic alliance. These people also had commanders. Xu Zhengqing met with them first and then made arrangements for them. Everyone entered combat readiness in the shortest possible time.

In their underground space, they also set up some amplification arrays in specific places. These amplification arrays are actually a kind of sound transmission array. They cannot transmit sound too far, but they can transmit sound over short distances. The places where these amplification arrays are set up are where they use them for communication. This method of communication is more convenient than using communication arrays.

Xu Zhengqing's location was at the very bottom of the underground space, which made it easier for him to command. Even if enemies entered the underground space, they couldn't directly reach the bottom. This way, his command system wouldn't be disrupted. He could continue to command the army from the bottom without being attacked by the enemy and forced to abandon command. If they abandoned command, they would be truly doomed.

As soon as Xu Zhengqing arrived at his command room in the underground space, he immediately felt the underground space shaking slightly. His expression changed, and then a disciple ran to Xu Zhengqing's side and said, "Elder Xu, our defensive formation has been broken."

Xu Zhengqing remained calm and said, "I guessed it. Notify everyone to prepare for battle."

The disciple responded and immediately went to make the notification. They used a loudspeaker to make the notification, and the sound would be transmitted to the other floors through the loudspeaker. There were disciples guarding the loudspeakers there to receive the orders, and once the orders were received, they would be transmitted directly to the entire floor through the loudspeaker.

There is no connecting passage between the two underground spaces. To enter the lower level from the upper level, you must use magic to temporarily create a passage. The same applies to going from the lower level to the upper level. Of course, there are also passages at designated locations where the soil layer is relatively thinner. Xu Zhengqing's order had only been given for a short time, less than a quarter of an hour, when a disciple approached him and said, "Elder, the enemy has entered the first underground space."

Xu Zhengqing nodded and said, "You've arrived so quickly. How's the battle going?"

"The fighting was extremely fierce, and the enemy suffered heavy casualties as well."

Xu Zhengqing nodded, then said, "Tell me when the enemy enters the second level of space." The disciple responded and then turned and left, while Xu Zhengqing stared at a map in front of him with an extremely solemn expression.

Because they have been expanding the underground space these days, there are many magic arrays that have not yet been built. The most important of these is the projection array. Since the projection array has not been built, Xu Zhengqing cannot see the battle situation on the first floor. He can only listen to his subordinates' reports.

Meanwhile, the battle on the first floor had reached a fever pitch, with people dying every minute. The Blood Slaughter Sect disciples couldn't use too many of their methods, so they were evenly matched with the people from the Divine Kingdom, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

Because it was underground, and on a battlefield pre-arranged by the Divine Kingdom's allied forces, the Blood Slaughter Sect disciples were extremely passive during the attack. Moreover, those participating in the attack were not the Blood Slaughter Sect's veteran disciples, but rather disciples recruited by the Divine Kingdom. Although these people had switched cultivation methods, their strength had not improved much, and their combat power was limited, making them incomparable to the Blood Slaughter Sect's veteran disciples. Some of these people had even dealt with members of the Divine Kingdom's army before and knew each other. It was precisely because of this that they were sent here, so that the people of the Divine Kingdom would not suspect anything.

These new disciples of the Blood Slaughter Sect were unfamiliar with the terrain, their teamwork was not good, and their strength had not improved much. Therefore, they suffered heavy casualties when facing the well-prepared army of the Divine Kingdom. Moreover, after these Blood Slaughter Sect disciples died in battle, they could not disappear immediately; their bodies had to be left behind so that the people of the Divine Kingdom would not suspect anything.

The battle continued, and the Blood Slaughter Sect suffered heavy casualties before finally capturing the first level of the underground base. They then immediately began exploring further underground, quickly reaching the second level. The reason they were exploring further underground was because they discovered the amplification arrays. Upon discovering the amplification arrays, they realized that someone must be in command, but they did not find the command center on this level, so naturally they had to explore further underground.

Soon, the Blood Slaughter Sect disciples entered the second level of space, where another fierce battle ensued. While the Blood Slaughter Sect disciples were entering the second level, Xu Zhengqing received the news. He knew he couldn't expect the Blood Slaughter Sect to simply leave after killing everyone on the first level; if they found the second level, they would find the third. Therefore, he immediately ordered the third level to send reinforcements to the second level. This intensified the battle on the second level.

When the Blood Slaughter Sect entered the first underground space, Xu Zhengqing did not allow the people on the other levels to attack the first level. His idea was that if the Blood Slaughter Sect killed the people on the first level and thought they had eliminated everyone here, they would leave. At that time, he would have the opportunity to ambush the Blood Slaughter Sect and attack them from behind, giving them a severe blow.

Unexpectedly, the Blood Slaughter Sect discovered the second layer of space, which meant that they would definitely discover the third layer as well. There was no need to hide it any longer, so he directly ordered the people from the other layers to provide support to the second layer. As a result, the battle in the second layer became unprecedentedly fierce. The two sides fought continuously there. In this layer alone, the number of casualties on both sides exceeded two million, and the entire space was littered with the corpses of cultivators from both sides.

Meanwhile, reinforcements from the Divine Kingdom continued to arrive, but none of them went directly to the second level. Instead, they came from the teleportation arrays of other levels. Once they arrived, they were all under the unified command of Xu Zhengqing, either staying in other levels or supporting the second level. All of them were under Xu Zhengqing's command.