Showdown, my deck is from the East.

Chapter 1248 True Gold Refined by Fire (Part 1)

On the star fortress, Cui Yun was reading through the newly generated rules governing the operation of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at a glance.

He did not die on the day the demonic tide struck.
Without the Golden Elixir and without supplies, he obtained a body-refining method from the Southern Heavenly Gate in his desperate situation. He used the True Fire that had been shot down to cultivate his Dao Body and switched from a Dharma cultivator to a Body cultivator.

He killed countless burning corpses in the sea of ​​fire after the Sun-Shooting Bow shattered the star, and survived until the next counterattack by his brother troops, returning with the team.

He was the last soldier in his regiment. According to the rules for battle, if he died, the entire regiment would be disbanded, but if he was still alive, the regiment would remain, and he would be the regimental commander.

Upon taking office, the demon army besieged the city, and the guards were short-handed, so they only gave a hundred or so new recruits who couldn't even recite the spells properly.

In fact, Cui Yun knew this, and couldn't blame them.

The new era of Baiyujing's replenishment method is the dispersal of spiritual energy nebulae, forming a spiritual energy cloud in a star region. As long as it is operated according to the correct cultivation method, the spiritual energy will respond accordingly, forming various wonderful techniques to fight the enemy.

To prevent the Heart Demon Clan from cracking the code, the Daoist method is changed on the spot in every battle, just like a temporary password.

According to the rules of Heaven and Earth, the immortal techniques used by the group level are of the Xuan rank.

Those selected to serve as soldiers in Weishang to protect their homes and country are all exceptionally talented individuals, but to master a Xuan-level cultivation technique in such a short time is truly a demanding task.

These demons are too fast. The Demon Plague Vanguard has almost unlimited reserve energy and resources, tunnel-like mobility and resupply capabilities, and its mission is extremely singular. As long as they can tear open a gap in the Qiankun Fortress Complex, that wound will become infected, fester, and bleed.

Baiyujing's prized stellar industrial capabilities will suffer a devastating blow, leading to its defeat in the entire war.

Cui Yun's group was positioned at a gravity array position towards the rear, with the starry sky in front of them shining brightly and meteors streaking across the sky like a waterfall.

He had no intention of making any wishes.

This is the demon race, roaring and fighting fiercely, sending numerous planets onto their gravity slingshots, creating a massive meteor shower.

These planets have long been infected with a large number of viruses and parasites, making them veritable poison gas bombs. Although their power is far less than that of Baiyujing's "vicious" Black Crow radiation dirty bomb, they have the advantage of a large number of planets, allowing them to use local resources.

The demons did not expect that such a childish assembly could defeat the Jade Capital Cloud Prefecture Guard; to them, it was more like a ritual.

After the poison gas bomb was launched, the Qiankun Star Fortress in front suddenly arranged itself in a chess-like formation, with each star moving in a predetermined position as if it were a chess piece.

The demons can even observe that the surrounding solar wind, gravity, temperature, and cosmic rays are arranged in a strange and mysterious way, looking from a distance like a giant chessboard, inviting all enemies of the world to join the battle.

The meteor that was launched immediately burned up and disappeared after the star array lit up, turning into fuel to replenish the galaxy in the center of the chessboard, without even making a ripple.

When Eksos handed over the Demon Realm Heavenly Town, the craftsmen of the Heavenly Realm carefully studied the Zerg's fortress, making their own fortress more targeted against the demons, with various ingenious designs that made it extremely difficult to break through by brute force.

Extremely difficult does not mean impossible.

The Demon Lord was determined to break through from one point to another, investing heavily in two directions: the East Sea and the Yunzhou Star Region.

The offensive on the eastern front was halted by the Yujing super unit, so the offensive in the Yunzhou direction could not be delayed. Before reinforcements from Yujing arrived, the current stronghold should be broken.

After Cui Yun was promoted to regimental commander, he learned a lot of things.

Wei Shang told him that Bai Yujing's rapid reaction force was on its way, but it would take some time.

The demons' offensive was even faster than the Jixia Academy had predicted, arriving in a manner that seemed to transcend time, catching everyone off guard.

The strength of the guard is roughly equivalent to that of an army group. Even with modern fortifications, it would be impossible to withstand such an offensive.

That's about it. Cui Yun pulled his mind away from the cultivation technique and looked up to count the stars.

The demons are almost out of bombs; the first real offensive is about to begin.

"Commander, the demons have begun deploying unknown combat entities!" reported the divine cultivator responsible for liaising with the guards.

"Little Lushun, cast a divination!"

Upon receiving the news, Cui Yun reacted immediately.

"Yes!"

The female soldier, nicknamed Little Lushun, waved her hand, and a large number of jade tokens floated up, shimmering with a captivating light.

The name "Xiao Lushun" is quite rare, and the hometown is not Qingqiu; the answer is "lost hometown".

In dark times, losing one's homeland was all too common.

This girl went to Weishang for training after graduation. During wartime, she was transferred to Cui Yun's regiment. Judging from her qualifications, she graduated from Yunzhou Celestial Academy, with a minor in Suwen (a type of classical Chinese literature), making her a well-rounded individual.
No, he should be called a genius.

Even without the Golden Core, Cui Yun could tell that the person in front of him was a ghost immortal, whose three souls and seven spirits were incomplete.

the other side.

The great demons, with wingspans of thousands of miles, flew straight into the formation using the gravity slingshot.

It's difficult to say which race these highly mutated demon heavy infantrymen actually belong to.

The smaller ones are about the size of a destroyer, while the larger ones are roughly the size of a light cruiser in three dimensions.

No transport ships could carry them; they could only be assembled in cocoons at the front lines via tunneling components.

of course.

These demons have highly unstable bodies, and most of them will disintegrate in a battle.

boom!
A hybrid creature, due to an overdose of virus and genetic instability, exploded and disintegrated in the slingshot tunnel, and the shockwave collapsed three nearby gravitational channels.

But more individuals emerge from the cocoon.

As soon as the demons entered the formation, the formation's immense stellar power pressed down on them.

The power of the stars crushed one great demon after another to dust. Their combined bodies could not withstand the power of heaven and earth, but more and more great demons began to enter the formation.

In order to cover the advance of the vanguard, the demonic forces in the rear began to project the rules of war.

At the same time, the hexagrams laid out in Xiaolushun began to tremble violently. After the clash of the war rules between the two sides, the entire world was distorted, and the completely different laws of the two sides began to clash and compete in full force.

Whichever side's fortune teller calculates it first will gain the upper hand.

Xiao Lushun's face was ashen; in all directions—east, west, south, and north—the jade slips shone dimly.

pat, pat.

With two crisp sounds, the two jade slips on the west side snapped cleanly.

"This is bad." Xiao Lushun was clearly not a veteran, and his expression was slightly panicked: "The number of demons entering the formation has exceeded the maximum limit allowed by the numerology rules in this area. We can't even write it down using scientific notation, no, we can't even use metaphysical notation!"

"Speak like a human being." Cui Yun only knew how to kill enemies, not these academic matters: "What will be the consequences?"

"The sheer number of demons has overwhelmed the numerological rules that support this world! In the universe, there are limits to how each dimension can render observable particles!" Little Lushun replied.

"What can we do?"

"There's nothing we can do. We can only wait for the enemy to retaliate."

Suddenly, all the jade slips in Xiaolushun dimmed, and everyone was surprised to find that the stars in the sky and the vast Milky Way had disappeared.

I found myself standing in an ancient and tall city tower, with the sun shining brightly overhead.

In the distance, enemy catapults were relentlessly hurling stones and corpses. Within sight, a tidal wave of demons could be seen assaulting the moat, with even the largest demons being no more than a hundred feet tall.

The two sides seemed to have retreated to a continent and were engaged in an ancient battle.

Strangely, the flowing river still reflects the starry battlefield, the two dimensions intersecting and complementing each other.

"What's going on?" Xiao Lushun didn't understand what had happened either.

"Earth-rank Immortal Technique, Heaven and Earth Converge." Cui Yun received the message from the guards: "Gentlemen, prepare to fight!"

On the table, the card representing Yunzhou Guard and sixteen Plague Demon cards entered battle mode.

The Plague Demon Cards all carry the negative connotation of "rapid march," and the cards do not feature heavy equipment such as "fleet," "army titan," "demon king-level construct," or "heart demon aggregate."

The card equipment "Planetary Trench" of 【Yunzhou Guard】 has been destroyed by attack. Currently, there are also "Sun-Shooting Bow" and "Star Fortress", which are far superior to the single card of Plague Demon in both offense and defense.

However, because they were fighting against multiple opponents, their troop strength was still depleted quite quickly.

According to predictions, [Yunzhou Guard] can exchange three enemy cards, but will eventually be eaten.

Lu Cheng certainly has lightly armed troops in his hand that can be used to provide support without equipment, but even the fastest [Leopard Cavalry] and [Youdu Special Forces] need to arrive on the battlefield at the start of the next turn.

The Plague Demon card, which entered the Stellar stage deck, could be deployed at any time and at any stage, and could also be used to attack in any controlled or neutral area. This was something even Lu Cheng couldn't have imagined.

It was as if it had appeared out of thin air.

For a moment, Lu Cheng even began to doubt whether the Demon Lord had truly become one.
"Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the destiny of mankind. Why do you resist them?"

"Submit to the Lord, and return to dust."

The Demon Lord's voice was extremely penetrating, constantly disrupting Lu Cheng's thoughts.

The referee is dead, his body has been buried in the garden, and no one is there to control this unregulated match anymore. The demons can now engage in three-on-one battles without any restrictions.

In this game, they have undoubtedly taken over the absolute home field.

"Kid, you have your moments of difficulty too?" Tianmen, disguised as an old man, stood behind Lu Cheng.

“I’ve been struggling ever since we sat down at the table,” Lu Cheng shrugged. “But so far, this game has been going pretty smoothly.”

"Bluster." Before Tianmen could answer, the Demon Lord's voice drifted from the other side of the table again, this time a shrill human female voice, clearly from the Insect Demon Lord. "The Quick Reaction Cards are all in your hands, how can you stop me?"

Lu Cheng did not respond, but picked up the card and tried to place it in Yunzhou County.

It cannot be effective in this round!

It cannot be effective in this round!

"Hiss." The Plague Corruption Demon Lord's signature hoarse voice, as if suffering from an incurable disease, came again: "You can't, no player can, but I can."

As they spoke, the stack of Plague Demon Cards had grown to seventeen.

"I tried it, and it really doesn't work." Lu Cheng said helplessly, "You guys are still faster. I admit you won this round in terms of speed."

"Kid, stop arguing with them. Show us what you've got."

“I have no trump card.” Lu Cheng shook his head.

Just as the Demon Lord was about to mock him, Lu Cheng threw out his second sentence.

"Since there isn't one, let's print one."

"?"

"My turn, draw a card." Lu Cheng took out a white card.

"Card background? Write it yourself. Activate the artifact [South Heavenly Gate] to start the card background compilation."

"According to the Heavenly Book of History, the Northern Sea General and the Undead King fought at the boundary between the Yin and Yang realms of Jing and Wei, and both perished. After the Northern Sea General's death, the cards in his deck were scattered throughout the world, each fighting its own battle. Four hundred years later, the Golden City forces, led by the God of Fire Zhou Yu and Artemis, broke through the Dead Sea, marking the end of the long human civil war." The black-robed old man's unique nonsense, yet carrying the weight of history, rang out on the table.

"What are you talking about!" the Insect Demon Lord's shrill voice pierced through the air.

"Shut up and listen to the sound of the tide." Lu Cheng's eyes were sharp: "Activate the second skill of the Wonder Card [Grand Canal]."

(Supergap Canal: When there is sufficient Fairy Qi (maintaining consumes 1 Fire), the water flow speed exceeds the current set number of gaps on the desktop, and it is also regarded as a river of time. It also has a passive skill: when the tide rises, it retrieves a map of "resources that have not been observed", "materials that should have been generated but were not", and "regrets that have disappeared but were not recorded" from the enemy/ally history within the river basin, and moves them to the current desktop.)