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Chapter 295: Defeat is inevitable? The war is about to begin! (Subscribe)

Just as the Guiku Sect was rushing towards Laoshan, the entire Xiangzhou began to turn rapidly like a set of gears.

Yuantong and Zhang Tianzheng led the Feiyu Guard to the Xiangzhou border to inquire about the movements of the Guikumen army.

Embatu also led 10,000 Qianzhong County soldiers to the border between Qianzhong County and Xiangxi County, while on the other side, Langxing also led 10,000 Black Mountain Demon soldiers to the border between Changze County and Xiangxi County.

At the same time, the news that Chen Yan disappeared from the human list and was suspected to be dead finally reached Laoshan.

It was also on this day that Xu Ji and Qin Chong assembled the Longque Army and the Xiangxi County soldiers, preparing to garrison the main roads in and out of Laoshan.

Before leaving, the two came to the main peak of Laoshan to report to Yi Mu's spirit.

"Your Excellency, the 15,000 Dragon Sparrow Army and Xiangxi County soldiers have been accounted for and are ready to set off at any time. Please give your instructions, my lord!"

Xu Ji and Qin Chong bowed respectfully and reported.

The Yimu spirit standing on the main platform nodded slightly and said:
"lets go."

"Yes!"

Xu Ji and the other two responded loudly, but they did not leave in a hurry. Instead, a look of hesitation appeared on their faces.

Seeing the hesitation on Xu Ji and Qin Chong's faces, Yi Mu Spirit asked:
"What's wrong? Anything else?"

Xu Ji and Qin Chong looked at each other, and finally Xu Ji said hesitantly:
"Sir... there are rumors outside that you..."

Having said this, Xu Ji did not say anything else, but Yi Mu's spirit understood the meaning of Xu Ji's words.

He glanced at Wang Lingguan and Lu Da, who seemed calm but actually pricked up their ears and showed great concern, and then returned his gaze to Xu Ji and Qin Chong, and said in a calm tone:
"You said the original body is dead?"

Seeing Yi Mu's straightforward words, Xu Ji nodded:
"Exactly."

Then he quickly explained:

"It's not that I want to disturb the morale of the army. In fact, everyone is very concerned about your safety, so I asked this question."

Yi Mu Spirit nodded, and glanced at Wang Lingguan, Lu Da and others:
"You all think so?"

Wang Lingguan touched the back of his head in embarrassment, but did not hide anything and answered directly:

"That's right. I haven't seen you for a long time, and there are so many rumors out there that I'm a little worried about your safety."

Luda on the side also nodded.

Seeing this, Yi Mu Spirit nodded without comment, then looked at Xu Ji, Qin Chong, Wang Lingguan, and Lu Da in front of him with a serious look, and said seriously:
"There are rumors outside that the original body disappeared from the so-called human ranking list, so some people speculated that the original body was dead, but I can tell you responsibly, and you can also tell Yuantong, Zhang Tianzheng and others that the original body is not only not dead, but also alive and well. Very good."

Having said this, Yi Mu's spirit pointed at himself and said:

"My original body and I are of one mind. If my original body dies, my clone will also not survive. So, do you understand?"

Hearing what Yi Mu's spirit said, Wang Lingguan, Xu Ji, Qin Chong, and Lu Da all breathed a sigh of relief. Then Xu Ji opened his mouth and said:

"With your words, I feel relieved."

A huge stone fell from my heart.

It is no wonder that Xu Ji, Qin Chong and others are so worried. After all, the huge Xiangzhou exists entirely because of Chen Yan.

It can be said that they, his subordinates, exist only because of Chen Yan. Even if Chen Yan is not here, he must be alive. This is the belief of these subordinates.

If even Chen Yan died, then the faith would naturally collapse, and Xiangzhou would naturally fall apart.

Qin Chong heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what Yi Mu's spirit said, but he also asked with some doubt:

"Then why are there rumors that you are dead? Is it that someone is spreading news about you maliciously, or is there something wrong with the list of the Tianji Pavilion?"

Yi Mu's spirit's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and he said in an inexplicable tone:
"It's possible that the enemy spread rumors to deliberately disrupt our morale, but seeing that the real person is not on the list of people released by the Tianji Pavilion, I think that the Guiku Sect is unlikely to have the ability to control a top force like the Tianji Pavilion and publish a fake list."

Wang Lingguan, who was standing by, seemed to have guessed something. His pupils shrank suddenly, and he said with a hint of shock:
"Then, sir, you are not dead, but you have indeed disappeared from the human list. In this case... could it be that..."

Wang Lingguan's words awakened Xu Ji, Qin Chong and Lu Da who were around him. All three of them looked at Yi Mu's spirit body with horror and some disbelief.

Seeing the four people's gazes, Yi Mu Spirit nodded, with a smile on his face:
"Yes, the greater possibility is that the main body has already broken through and reached the stage of Spirit Refining and Returning to the Void!"

“Refine the Spirit and Return to the Void!!!”

Wang Lingguan, Xu Ji, Qin Chong, and Lu Da were all shocked, and then they all showed ecstasy. Xu Ji was so excited that he clapped his hands and fists, and said the word "good" three times in succession:
"Good! Good! Good! This way, Xiangzhou will no longer be afraid of the Ghost Crying Gate!"

How is the Xiangzhou side inferior to the Guiku Sect?

Isn’t it the high-end combat capability that is lacking?
Putting aside the Ghost Crying Sect's ancestor who did not show up, the Ghost Crying Sect's army this time alone has one Soul Refining Return to Void, plus nineteen Qi Refining Transformation Gods!
And what about Xiangzhou?

There is not a single person who has achieved the goal of refining the spirit and returning to emptiness, and even there are only six or seven people who have achieved the goal of refining qi and transforming it into a spirit.

Refining Qi into Spirit is fine, after all, the existence of Binghuo Leishen Cannon can make up for the deficiency of Refining Qi into Spirit to a certain extent, but Refining Spirit Return to Void is not possible.

Although they didn't say it, Xu Ji, Qin Chong and others had actually made the worst-case scenario plan in their hearts.

I thought the defeat was inevitable, but unexpectedly there was a sudden turn of events.

My master actually succeeded in breaking through to the spiritual realm and returning to the void at this last moment!

"It took five years to enter the stage of Spirit Refining and Returning to the Void..."

Wang Lingguan was secretly amazed after hearing this. You know, when Chen Yan just broke through to the stage of Refining Qi into Spirit, he was already in the middle stage of Refining Qi into Spirit, and now he is only in the late stage, but Chen Yan has already reached the stage of Refining Spirit into Void.

This level of cultivation speed is simply unheard of. At least now that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is gradually declining, it has never appeared again.

"Alright, just keep this to yourself, don't let anyone know. I guess the master should be stabilizing his cultivation right now. As long as we hold our ground and wait for his reinforcements, we will be victorious!"

"Here!"

Xu Ji, Qin Chong and others all responded excitedly.

Afterwards, Xu Ji and Qin Chong took their leave and left, leading the Longque Army and Xiangxi County soldiers to garrison the important roads of Laoshan.

After watching Xu Ji and the other two leave, Yi Mu's spirit turned his gaze to Lu Da and asked:
"How is the placement of the Binghuo Thunder God Cannon going?"

Lu Da's expression straightened up and he answered respectfully:

"Reporting to the Lord, the sixteen Binghuo Leishen Cannons have all been placed between the peaks of Laoshan Mountain. The most loyal monks and martial artists have been summoned to operate them. They are ready to fire at any time as long as the Lord gives the order." "Very good, I understand."

A strange light flashed in Yi Mu's eyes.

After five years of improvement, although the power of the Binghuo Leishen Cannon cannot be improved for the time being, Luda has made improvements to other aspects of the Binghuo Leishen Cannon.

Apart from minor changes such as reducing weight, the biggest improvement is that Luda improved the power source of the Binghuo Leishen Cannon.

Originally, the power source of the Binghuo Thunder God Cannon was limited to Qi and blood. Apart from martial artists with strong Qi and blood, only the mountain giants with strong innate Qi and blood could use it.

However, the current Binghuo Leishen Cannon has been improved by Luda. In addition to qi and blood, the monk's magic power can also provide energy for the Binghuo Leishen Cannon.

In this way, the control conditions of the improved Binghuo Leishen Cannon 2.0 are much more relaxed, which greatly facilitates the deployment of Xiangzhou.

Someone may ask, doesn't Xiangzhou have twenty-four Binghuo Leishen cannons? Why did they only deploy sixteen of them?

The reason is actually very simple. It is simply because the terrain near Laoshan can only accommodate so many Binghuo Leishen cannons. Under the cross-fire coverage, all-round fire coverage can be carried out to the maximum extent.

Another thing is that Xu Ji, Qin Chong, Embatu, Lang Xing and other Dragon Sparrow Army and county soldiers also need the firepower support of the Binghuo Thunder God Cannon to deal with the onslaught of the Qi-refining and Shenshen Jindan enemies from the Guiku Sect.

These sixteen deployed Binghuo Thunder God Cannons were specially prepared by Yimu Spirit for the Ghost Crying Sect's leader who was trying to refine his spirit and return to the Void Realm.

Thinking of this, a faint light flickered in Yi Mu's spirit's eyes and his gaze became slightly cold.

He believed that these sixteen Binghuo Leishen cannons would definitely give the Guiku Sect a surprise.

While Xiangzhou was preparing for war, the movements of Xiangzhou and the Guiku Sect naturally could not be concealed from everyone in the Jiuzhou cultivation world.

All of a sudden, Xiangzhou once again became the focus of Kyushu.

Taoism, White Horse Temple, Yuxuanjian Mountain, Chongming Sect, Guiku Sect, Joy Sect, Rebirth Sect... and so on and so forth, almost all the forces in Jiuzhou are focusing their attention on Xiangzhou, and on Xiangzhou and Guiku Sect.

This battle between the two can be said to be the first battle between major forces since the arrival of the third blood moon, and it is also the first battle for the entrance to the inner world.

Why did the Guiku Sect attack Laoshan?
Apart from the fact that all the reinforcements of the Ghost Crying Sect were destroyed by Laoshan last time, one of the biggest reasons is that the Ghost Crying Sect covets the territory of Xiangzhou, right?
Those who covet Xiangzhou will find the entrance to the inner world.

Regarding the war between the two, almost everyone in Jiuzhou is pessimistic about Xiangzhou.

If Chen Yan, who is number one on the human list, were still alive, some people might wonder whether he would have other means.

After all, although the top five people on the current human list are in the stage of refining Qi into spirit, almost all of them have the strength to rival those in the stage of refining spirit and returning to the void. Even if they are slightly inferior, the difference is not far.

Since this Chen Yan was able to defeat all the geniuses and become the number one, he must be very powerful and possess the strength that can rival that of the Soul Refining and Return to Void.

But now that Chen Yan is dead, Xiangzhou has naturally lost all power to resist in the eyes of everyone in the outside world, and there is no hope of winning anymore.

Therefore, many scattered cultivators gathered in Xiangzhou fled to other places.

Nagasawa County, Heishan Castle, Tianji Pavilion branch.

"Master, we have received information from our headquarters that the geniuses and foreign masters from the top forces will descend on the Netherworld in the next two days."

The newly recruited disciple of the Tianji Pavilion branch stood in front of Guo Tai and said respectfully.

After the disciple from the Tianji Pavilion branch finished speaking, he waited for a long while. After a long while, he did not see Guo Tai's reply. He looked up with some doubt and asked:

"grown ups?"

However, Guo Tai on the opposite side was staring at a piece of news in his hand in a daze. The content of the news was that the Guiku Sect had invaded Laoshan and a war was about to break out in Xiangzhou.

It was not until the disciple from the Tianji Pavilion branch shouted a second time that Guo Tai came back to his senses:
"Ah? Okay, OK, I get it."

Guo Tai nodded in response, but in his heart he was thinking about the war between Xiangzhou and Guikumen.

In fact, if Chen Yan was still alive, Guo Tai wouldn't mind helping him once.

With the advent of the third blood moon, the spiritual energy of the netherworld gradually revived, and Guo Tai's cultivation of the Yin Shen realm of refining his spirit and returning to the void also gradually recovered.

No matter whether it is Guo Tai's own strength in the Yin Shen realm or the power of the Tianji Pavilion behind him, Guo Tai does not take this damn Ghost Crying Sect seriously.

Frankly speaking, a "small force" with only two people who have achieved the state of spiritual cultivation and returning to the void is nothing in Guo Tai's eyes.

If Chen Yan was still there, Guo Tai would not mind helping him out of Tong Xiuyuan's consideration and because he was also optimistic about this rising young man.

However, with the death of Chen Yan, there was naturally no reason for Guo Tai to take action in the huge Xiangzhou.

In addition, the rules of Tianji Pavilion are here. Maintaining permanent neutrality and never interfering in the war between any forces is the foundation of Tianji Pavilion in the Three Thousand Worlds.

Shaking his head, Guo Tai completely put the matter behind him. As for the upcoming turmoil in Xiangzhou...

As long as his Tianji Pavilion is there, there will be no chaos in Heishan City!
In this way, time passed slowly, minute by minute.

In May of the 20th year of Chengping, the 50,000-strong Guikumen army invaded Xiangzhou and headed straight for Laoshan.

For a time, the whole Xiangzhou was in a panic.

Originally, the Guikumen army had planned to split into three groups to attack Changze County, Qianzhong County, and Xiangxi County respectively.

However, as the news of Chen Yan's "death" spread, the leader of the Guiku Sect, Jiang Li, immediately decided to attack Huanglong and march into Laoshan.

After Yuantong, Wu Guhan and others who were stationed at the border of Xiangzhou learned about the movements of the Guiku Sect army, they immediately reported the news back.

Upon receiving the news, the 10,000 Qianzhong County soldiers led by Enbatu and the 10,000 Black Mountain Demon soldiers led by Lang Xing immediately set out to support Laoshan.

At that time, the number of troops gathered in Laoshan had reached 50,000.

Two days later, the top geniuses from the three thousand worlds, including Li Shouyi, the little monk Tianyin, Bu Lingxu, Zhao Wuji, Ao Shuang and others, successfully arrived in the underworld.

On the same day, the 50,000-strong Guikumen army was less than a hundred miles away from Laoshan.

The war is about to break out!
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PS: I have been very busy at work recently, and have been working overtime a lot. When I get home from work to have dinner, it is always around nine or ten o'clock. Sometimes I really don't want to type, but when I think that there are still a hundred or two hundred people reading it, I get up and type again.

It can be said that the reading of all readers is the greatest motivation for Lian Ou to continue updating, thank you!

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