Journey to the head

The stars had not yet appeared in the dark sky when they were lit up by the artillery fire below, and a deafening roar came from the wasteland on the western border of Beichu County.

Fifty Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhou ships were connected head to tail, lined up in a row, facing the enemy sideways, and opened fire in unison!
More than two thousand five hundred spiritual power light cannons flashed, and thick spiritual power beams shot out like an overwhelming force. The endless air waves caused the fifty Shenzhou ships to vibrate violently, and they were really bumpy like ships on the sea.

In an instant, the ground was covered with flames!
Waves of earth surged, rocks flew everywhere, roars and cries of monsters rang out at the same time, countless animal limbs flew everywhere in the waves of mud and rocks, and blood of monsters splashed out like raindrops.

After a round of bombardment ended, the remaining demons were about to fight back angrily, but suddenly they smelled a scent that they could not resist at all. They immediately let out bursts of whimpering and wailing, and fled in the opposite direction with their tails between their legs.

Those were two violent and powerful Nascent Soul spiritual pressures, and several Golden Core spiritual pressures!

Looking at the chaos on the ground, standing on the spiral horn of the Feiji Zhengyuan Shenzhou, Taoist Xichan yawned loudly, and simply changed from standing to sitting, and then from sitting to lying down. Ignoring the protests of his own golden toad, he rubbed it until it shrunk a little, and then stuffed it under his head.

The violent explosions and the various roars of the monsters seemed to have turned into a lullaby. On the thick horn, he fell asleep quietly with his head on the trendy bald pillow.

"It's boring. These monsters are too weak. I don't have the desire to attack them at all." Taoist Xichan said in boredom in his sea of ​​consciousness, "Do you want to go out and play?"

Meng Zhenzi smiled and shook his head: "You said it was boring, why should I go? Besides, I can see it clearly here."

He sat down next to Taoist Xichan: "Lu Qian has already said that this is just the aftermath of the demons that spread from Qingzhou into Beichu County. According to intelligence, even the golden elixir demons are no more than one palm. Moreover, there are a large number of underground beasts that have not yet become demons. Although there are many of them, their strength is indeed very weak."

"He organized this Feiji Zhengyuan Divine Ship and fifty Lingxu Zhenyuan Divine Ships into the left army and gave us five Jindan Zhenren to lead. He wanted us to use the pressure of Yuanying to drive the monsters into the interior of Beichu County and finally make dumplings."

"Why go through so much trouble? Can't we just push the army over? We are heading north anyway, so why bother with annihilation?" Taoist Xichan reached out and pulled out the Soul-Drinking Centipede that was flashing with illusory light, then swung it left and right, trying to wrap it around his arm into a bracelet.

Meng Zhenzi couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed the Soul-Drinking Centipede and hid it in his hair, saying unhappily, "You should use your brain once in a while. Lu Qian is just training his troops!"

"This time, all the sects and schools in Cangzhou are under his command, a total of 25,000 people, with varying strengths and closeness. The command system is also very complicated, and it requires proper training."

"The demon tribe in Beichu County is the best training ground. Only when the army is well organized and trained, it will be easier to fight against the tough enemies when we enter Qingzhou. Otherwise, we will suffer a great loss."

Taoist Xichan rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, you guys are smart. Anyway, I'm too lazy to do anything, so I'll just fire my cannon to scare them and chase them away."

Meng Zhenzi nodded and said with emotion: "The Yunshan Sect has developed so fast. Since it got the inheritance of the Sikong family, it has digested and absorbed it for decades, and it has surpassed others by modifying the Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhou, which doubled its speed, and developed the Zhengyuan Shenzhou and Weiyuan Shenzhou."

"There are also the small Taoist soldiers they have innovatively developed. Their armament system has been established and is not inferior to our three old brands at all."

Taoist Xichan said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. In terms of position and interests, we are always close partners. The strength of Yunshan Sect will only benefit us."

"Besides, Yunshan is getting stronger, and our Spirit Beast Sect is not standing still. In recent years, there have been breakthroughs in the training of spirit beasts. Both war beasts and civilian wind-controlling beasts have become better generations."

"The most important thing is that the Yunshan Sect's weakness is too obvious. The total number of their disciples is too small, less than a quarter of ours. Even if they have an excellent military system, they can't support it with just their own disciples."

"Take the Weiyuan Divine Ship for example. It is fully loaded with 3,000 monks. And they only have four combat battalions with 2,400 people in total, which can barely bring out the combat power of this Champion airship."

"That's why they gathered all the heroes and lent out all their own airships. Otherwise, how could they find disciples to command those ten Zhengyuan and one hundred Zhenyuan?"

"If Yunshan Sect wants to really catch up with us, it's still too young."

At the same time, to the east of Beichui County, there was also a Zhengyuan Shenzhou and fifty Zhenyuan Shenzhou forming the right army, with five Jindan Zhenren, all led by Lingxuan Lingjun, and the roar of artillery fire drove away the monsters.

The monsters in this direction were more numerous than those faced by Taoist Xichan in the west, and there were also a large number of flying monsters. However, under the spiritual pressure of Lingxuan Lingjun and the five Jindan Zhenren, they no longer had the desire to fight and all retreated and fled.

"Chase them! Don't let them stop, drive them all the way towards the center of Sect Leader Lu's army!"

At a command from Lord Lingxuan Ling, fifty divine ships formed a loose arc, thousands of feet apart from each other, like a fishing net with huge mesh, and moved towards the center of the army.

More and more monsters were driven away along the way, and soon they formed a huge tide of monsters, which was mighty and colorful, with their scales and fur shining under the moonlight and stars.

The roar of the airship was being quickly suppressed, and the roars and screams of monsters were heard in their ears. The endless tide of monsters made the low-level cultivators very nervous. They couldn't help but tighten their magic weapons in their hands and pressed down the Shenzhou's spiritual light cannon.

“Don’t panic! There is no such powerful force underground. Most of what you see are ordinary underground beasts!” Ling Xuan Ling Jun shouted loudly, “They just look a little strange and different from the surface, but in fact they are no different from the beasts on the ground. They are definitely not opponents for us cultivators!”

Her words were quickly transmitted to every airship. The monks gradually felt at ease as they savored the sight of the monsters fleeing in disgrace under the artillery fire, with broken limbs and blood scattered everywhere.

Lingxuan Lingjun is right. If there are monsters everywhere underground, why wait until today to attack the surface?
Perhaps there would be such a large group of monsters composed entirely of demons in Qingzhou, but the one in front of us was just the aftermath that escaped into Cangzhou and did not have such strength.

These were just a large number of underground beasts that had not yet become demons and were brought along by the invasion of the Hundred Races. The real demons of the Hundred Races were mixed in with them and made the momentum extremely huge.

But this is not ineffective. Relying on the beast tide can cover the actions of the demon clan, and the killing of low-level monks is actually very large. It's just that now everyone is high up in the Shenzhou, with fierce firepower and protection from masters, so it's naturally okay.

At this moment, a sharp howl was heard, and the tide of fleeing monsters suddenly trembled, slowly slowed down their pace, and turned around, ready to counterattack.

It turned out that a Jindan demon suddenly broke out of the ground, controlled the endless tide of beasts, and was turning around to pounce on the right army again!

"Fire!" Lingxuan Lingjun gave the order decisively, and then his figure flashed and rushed forward.

The rumbling sound of cannons filled the air, and the beams of light shot out by thousands of spiritual cannons illuminated the entire night sky. If the beast tide was like a rolling wave, then the spiritual light cannons were like countless falling meteors, smashing fiercely into the sea tide.

In an instant, the waves shattered, and patches of pits appeared on the ground. At the same time, when the beast tide approached, the Zhengyuan Shenzhou, which was good at assault and close combat, also opened fire.

On the fifty-meter-long ship, the black hole muzzles hidden between the long armor spikes suddenly burst into a blue-green color. With a loud bang, hundreds of lightning balls condensed like plasma and shot out, followed by dense beams of spiritual power, smashing into the beast tide.

The earth trembled, electric arcs exploded and swept across. The buzzing sound was louder than the roars of the beasts, smashing large groups of monsters into charred pieces and blowing people and horses to the ground.

But this tide of monsters was really vast, and one round of bombardment only destroyed one tenth of them. Taking advantage of the gap when the spiritual cannon was reloaded, the tide of monsters continued to advance. It was estimated that there would be at most three more rounds of bombardment before the tide of monsters pounced in front of them!

However, just as the Jindan demon continued to give orders, he suddenly felt creepy, his body shook violently, and he screamed loudly.

Under the cover of this beam of spiritual power, a beam of Nascent Soul light flashed out!

At this moment, it was so regretful. It turned out that the right army was driving far behind, Lingxuan Lingjun and several Jindan did not actively release spiritual pressure. It broke out from the ground to command, and did not sense that there was a Yuanying chief officer in the fleet.

In a flash, the tide of beasts that rushed to stop them were wiped out by Lingxuan Lingjun's magic weapon, and Lingxuan Lingjun had already rushed to the front of the Jindan demon clan!
The Jindan demon clan also had a decent cultivation level. They were covered in a shell and had hundreds of joints on their bodies. On each joint there was a glowing red eye. They were none other than the underground Hundred-Eyed Demon Clan.

At the critical moment of life and death, the Hundred-Eyed Demon General spun around and activated his innate magical power. Instantly, hundreds of red pupils shone together, and hundreds of red rays shot out and danced wildly, drawing an arc and cutting towards Ling Xuan Ling Jun.

Lingxuan Lingjun was also surprised, thinking that this underground monster was indeed quite capable. Her defensive magic weapon was getting hot and red at an alarming speed, and even showed signs of softening.

The Hundred-Eyed Demon used all his strength to display his magical powers and blocked Lingxuan Lingjun. While the red light of the Hundred Eyes had not yet disappeared, he moved his limbs and was about to escape into the ground.

But at this moment, Lingxuan Lingjun smiled slightly.

Her graceful body spun lightly, and the jewelry around her played fairy music. In an instant, flowers from the ceiling fell to the mortal world. Lingxuan Lingjun picked up a flower and smiled, her beautiful face full of holiness and temptation.

The Hundred-Eyed Monster suddenly stopped moving. Its one hundred red demon eyes stared straight at Lingxuan Lingjun. It was unable to move at all and was completely frozen in place. The red light from its hundred eyes also dissipated.

And in its sea of ​​consciousness, the demon soul was screaming loudly and struggling hard, but this body could not move at all, as if it was firmly sucked by a magnet.

The third magical power that Lingxuan Lingjun has comprehended in the past fifty years: Goddess Rakshasa!
It is both a holy celestial being and a charming Rakshasa. In front of this body, any living creature will be firmly attracted and unable to move at all!

This has nothing to do with appreciation of beauty or ugliness. In fact, the beauty or ugliness of humans is meaningless to the Hundred-Eyed Monster, so its demon soul has never been lost. However, this attraction has transcended race and returned to life itself, so its body is frozen in place, with its hundred eyes staring at Lingxuan Lingjun without blinking.

Its demonic soul has completely lost control of its body!
This strange feeling made the Hundred-Eyed Monster extremely frightened and desperate. But Ling Xuan Ling Jun had already arrived in front of it, pointed his finger, and a jade awl had pierced deeply into its monster eye!

The intense pain and the coldness of death finally awakened the body of the Hundred-Eyed Monster. Its limbs danced wildly and red light flashed in its eyes again, but it was too late.

The jade spike had stabbed back and forth in its body like lightning, but there was a loud bang and streams of blood shot out from the monster's eyes. The golden elixir monster fell limply to the ground, its life gone.

The fifty Zhenyuan Shenzhous opened fire again. The beast tide, having lost its commander, collapsed directly and was driven by the right army again to flee to the heart of Beichui County.

However, Lingxuan Lingjun was floating in the air, controlling the jade cone to break open the body of the Hundred-Eyed Demon, taking out its golden elixir demon core, and then using a small spell to wash the jade cone and the demon core again and again.

As a result, the demon core was cleaned and radiated a red glow, which was quite beautiful. This thing was worth forty points, and Ling Xuan Lingjun was quite satisfied and put it away.

But the jade cone was stained with the flesh and blood of the Hundred-Eyed Monster, and somehow it was covered with a layer of blood that could not be washed clean.

Then Lingxuan Lingjun frowned in disgust and threw the jade awl away with a flick of his hand.

At the same time, Lu Qian personally led the central army and was slowly advancing forward.

There are also the front and rear armies, each consisting of four Feiji Zhengyuan Shenzhou ships, led by Gu Nishang and Wu Chongweng respectively. They are patrolling back and forth in front of the central army led by General Lu Qian, providing early warning and support, and also clearing out any fish that have escaped the net.

All the waves of monsters encountered along the way were driven forward.

Listening to the battle reports continuously transmitted from the four armies in front, behind, left and right, Lu Qian sat under the central flag of Weiyuan Shenzhou, feeling somewhat fortunate.

Fortunately, their partners, subordinates, vassal sects, and allies of the Chongming Alliance brought twelve thousand elite Qi-cultivating warriors, which was just enough to launch the ten Zhengyuan Shenzhous and the one hundred Zhenyuan Shenzhous.

The frequent large-scale military exercises and drills held within the Chongming Alliance have resulted in a good level of understanding between the various factions, so the mobilization of these forces is very smooth and their combat effectiveness is extraordinary.

Moreover, these cultivators are also very familiar with the two types of airships of the Yunshan Sect, Zhenyuan and Zhengyuan. Even the partner sects themselves can purchase these two types from the Yunshan Sect, and subordinate sects can also purchase the Zhenyuan ship, so they can operate it smoothly once they get started.

But the hundreds of airships and wind-controlling beasts of various types and grades that remained with him as the central army were different. These were all combat forces sent by independent Jindan sects outside the Chongming Alliance. Not only were they unfamiliar with each other, but some sects even had grudges against each other, making integration very difficult.

Lu Qian had no choice but to use them all as the central army, and add his own eight Jindan as commanders, controlling them to obey orders and avoiding problems of poor command as much as possible.

But the problem arose again. These airships and wind-controlling beasts generally had low escape speeds, far inferior to their own Zhenyuan, Zhengyuan and Weiyuan, which slowed down the advance. This expedition could only advance slowly northwards for the time being.

While he was thinking, he suddenly heard his disciple's report.

"Master, the Jiuxian Sect's mountain gate is under siege ahead, and suddenly there are traces of a Nascent Soul demon!" (End of this chapter)