Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 122 The mysterious power appears again

The air shield was hit hard by the blow from the monster. Wuzhan was shaken all over and felt excruciating pain. He forced himself to cheer up and focus his mind to control the air shield. He must not fall down at this moment. He had to hold on for another two hours until dawn.

Seeing that it still couldn't break the air shield, the beast roared madly and waved its huge claws continuously, "Whoosh!" Every time it hit the ground, there was a loud bang and sand flew everywhere.

Seeing Wuzhan's face flushed, he was coughing violently, and his sleeves were stained with blood. How could Lingkongzi concentrate on healing his wounds? He shouted, "Little Master, let me do it!"

"It's the same if you come. I still can't avoid its bombardment in here. Calm down and recover from your injuries. Don't worry about me!"

"I can't stay calm in this situation, so let me do it!"

"The more dangerous the situation, the more you need to hone your will, improve your cultivation, and break through the realm. Close your eyes quickly, focus your mind, and be as calm as still water. Don't listen to the roar, don't worry about whether I can hold on, don't worry about death, isolate yourself from the outside world, use your mind to feel the flow of the demonic energy in your body, and absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth..."

Lingkongzi closed his eyes and followed Wuzhan's instructions. Soon, he entered an uninhabited area. The spiritual energy in the air continued to flow into his qi sea, repairing his damaged meridians.

The monster attacked hundreds of times in a row, consuming huge amounts of energy, but still couldn't break the air shield. In a rage, it roared to the sky, and wisps of black air flowed into the monster's body along the soul-devouring line. Thousands of zombies around it were sucked dry and turned into bones.

The body of the Qilin suddenly expanded to more than twice its size. Its scales were as black as black iron, and its horns were three feet long, like two huge swords hanging above its head. It was shining coldly, and blazing black flames were burning all over its body. The air around its edges flashed with electric light, and its soul-devouring line suddenly retracted into its body.

The eyes of the monster flashed with ferocity, and it bent its huge body, roared ferociously, and crashed into the air shield. Its horns broke into it and stabbed towards Wuzhan, stopping less than a foot in front of Wuzhan, and a cool wind blew directly into its face.

Wuzhan was hit and lost consciousness immediately. He couldn't stand up steadily and fell to the ground. His energy shield dissipated immediately.

Without hesitation, the Qiong opened its huge mouth and emitted a ball of black gas, like a beam of black light, instantly enveloping Wuzhan. At this moment, Lingkongzi realized that the situation was not good. He opened his eyes and saw Wuzhan trapped by the black gas. He flew up angrily and wanted to grab Wuzhan and escape. As soon as his hand touched the black gas, his body suddenly stiffened, as if struck by lightning. An invisible thing seemed to be pulling his soul out of his body. Knowing that something was wrong, he wanted to retract his arm, but found that it had been stuck by the black gas. He did not dare to neglect it, and used the demonic power in his body to pull it out with all his strength. With a "teng", Lingkongzi broke free from the black gas and flew ten feet away. He was at a loss and shouted anxiously, "Little Master!"

There were countless soul-devouring lines in the black gas, which suddenly penetrated into Wuzhan's body. Wuzhan felt a tearing pain all over his body, his blood was boiling, and his mind gradually became blurred. He thought to himself, "Is this the end?"

At the moment when the soul in his body was about to be stripped away, Wuzhan's eyes suddenly turned black. At the same time, the whole body of Huo trembled violently, and black air flowed back along the soul-devouring line and rushed towards Wuzhan's body.

The body of the Qilin kept shrinking. Due to the countless soul-devouring threads in its mouth, its roar turned into a wail. Its eyes were blazing with fire. It seemed that it did not believe this sudden change. It wanted to retract the soul-devouring threads, but found that they were no longer under its control. Its four hooves pushed forward with all its might and its body leaned backward, but it still could not break free.

In a hurry, he raised his giant claw and whistled down, wanting to smash Wuzhan into mud. However, when the giant claw was about to hit Wuzhan, it stopped in mid-air and was held up by a ball of black gas in Wuzhan's hand, unable to move forward any further.

Black air was billowing from Wuzhan's right hand, and the air around him was crackling with sparks. Wuzhan was completely unaware of all this.

Ling Kongzi was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that his little master, who had always been weak, could burst out with such powerful strength.

Wuzhan's entire body was burning with the same flames as the beast, and his eyes emitted a cold light, which made Lingkongzi timid and even terrified. He asked in shock, "Is he a human?"

The monster screamed and howled, flapping its bony wings forward with all its might. Yellow sand flew everywhere, and its entire body lay sideways, having shrunk by nearly half its size. Its four hooves pulled outward with difficulty. The soul-devouring line made a buzzing sound, stretching for more than ten feet and seemed about to be broken in the next moment.

At this time, Wuzhan stretched out his right hand, and with a sound of "Ah...", a huge black shadow suddenly burst out. That black shadow was the head of the Earth-Swallowing Beast, which opened its huge mouth with fangs and swallowed the body of the monster.

When the Earth-Swallowing Beast saw it roaring and swallowing, the Qilin spread its bone wings to block its body. With a "crack", the bone wings were bitten off by its huge mouth. The Qilin screamed in pain, and the bone wings fell to the ground with a bang. The Earth-Swallowing Beast opened its huge mouth again, and with a piercing cry, it bit the Qilin's head. Although the Earth-Swallowing Beast was just a black shadow, it possessed the magic power and strength of the original body. The Qilin was not the original body, but just a wisp of Qilin's ghost. It absorbed a large number of souls and became so powerful.

The Hou used its sharp horns to prop up the Earth-Swallowing Beast's clenched mouth, and used its claws to desperately slap the Earth-Swallowing Beast's head which only had its mouth. However, no matter how hard it slapped, its head was always held in the huge mouth and slowly sank inward. As the black air continued to pour into Wuzhe's body, the scales on the Hou's body faded and the flames went out.

"Crack... crack..." The horn of the Qiong broke, and the huge mouth of the Earth Devouring Beast had swallowed the entire head of the Qiong. Ling Kongzi was completely dumbfounded. He could not understand how Wuzhan's arm could transform into such a huge beast and swallow the head of the Qiong. He could not understand why Wuzhan actually absorbed the black air from the Qiong's body. The entire body of the Qiong had been completely swallowed by the Earth Devouring Beast in the black shadow, and it shrank rapidly, and finally showed the appearance of the Xuanming Patriarch. The black air was sucked out, the soul-devouring line disappeared, and the Earth Devouring Beast suddenly retracted into Wuzhan's right arm.

"Ah..." Wuzhan let out a long roar towards the sky. Black light flashed and the sound shook the clouds. The full moon seemed to tremble. Strong winds spread in all directions. Lingkongzi squinted his eyes to steady his body and avoided being blown away.

After the strong wind, the desert was deathly silent. The sand around was flattened and glowed with a blood-red luster. The flames around Wuzhai disappeared. He swayed twice and fell to the ground with his back facing the sky.

For a long time, Lingkongzi did not go forward to check if there was any obstacle, because he had not yet recovered from his shock, or perhaps he was frightened. The man lying in front of him possessed unimaginable power, a power that could not be possessed by humans or animals through practice. In short, he could not figure it out.

A hundred feet away, the arm of the Xuanming Patriarch moved. His entire body had rotted away, making him even more disgusting than the zombie. He groaned hoarsely, "Monster... I saw a monster..." It was particularly cold and terrifying in the desolate desert night.

Ling Kongzi came to his senses when he heard the voice of Xuanming Patriarch. He knew he was still alive, so he stood up and staggered towards Wuzhan, shouting, "Little Master, are you okay?"

……

The sun rose from the horizon, the desert was golden, the cold night was finally over, and no one closed their eyes all night.

Touman rode on his warhorse, looking into the distance at Shanggu, listening to the soldiers reporting the number of people to Ugud. In yesterday's battle, 30,000 were killed in the siege, nearly 5,000 were killed by zombies, 4,000 cavalry were killed by ferocious beasts, and nearly 1,000 were trampled to death in the panic retreat. Adding the 30,000 who died in Yanmen, the remaining soldiers were less than 250,000.

Prime Minister Bi lowered his head and knelt in front of Touman, begging, "I dare to ask the Khan to take back his order and stop attacking Shanggu. We have missed the opportunity now. Let's go back to Ulaanbaatar and make plans!" Seeing that Touman ignored him, he knelt and took a few steps forward and said, "Khan, my army has run out of food and grass, and has been without water for more than a day. After yesterday's battle, the soldiers are hungry and thirsty, exhausted, and have no fighting spirit. The Qin army is well-rested. Even if we go out to fight, it will be difficult for us to defeat them. Moreover, the Donghu and Xianbei have not sent us any news so far. I think they must have been defeated by Meng Tian and blocked the information. If Meng Tian leads the army back, morale will be greatly boosted, and we will definitely lose if we meet him. Khan, please think twice!"

Touman was furious when he heard this, "You bold Bi Hong, I have tolerated you again and again because of your loyalty, but you actually went too far and now you are making alarmist remarks and disrupting the morale of our army. Come on, take him away to be sacrificed!" Immediately, two strong men came out of the team and carried Bi Hong up.

Bi Hong cried out, "Great Khan, I have committed a serious crime, and death is not a pity, but this action of the Great Khan will surely ruin the hard work of more than ten years. By then, it will be too late to regret!"

Touman spat and said angrily, "You know nothing. The Qin army had no choice but to defend yesterday. Now the city wall has collapsed. There is water and food in the city. If our Xiongnu cavalry doesn't enter now, when will they enter? Even if the soldiers are exhausted, they will trample the Qin army into mud. You can't even see this opportunity. You have been the prime minister of the Xiongnu for many years in vain. You are not even one tenth of that Taoist priest. If we withdraw our troops, who knows how many people will starve to death of thirst within two days. Our Xiongnu passionate men could not die on the battlefield, but died on the way of withdrawal. This is the greatest shame of our Xiongnu. How can you, a slave of a fallen country, understand!"

Bi Hong laughed bitterly and said, "I originally thought I had found a wise ruler, but today I know that you are just a reckless man. After you kill me, can you hang my head on the flagpole? I want to see how your army is annihilated by the Qin soldiers!"

Touman was furious and said, "How dare you insult me? I will kill you right now!" He swung the long knife, and with a flash of white light, he split Bi Hong's head in half, and blood and brain matter splattered all over the faces of the strong men on both sides.

Ugud felt sorry when he saw Bi Hong being hacked to death by the Khan. He knew that Bi Hong was right, but this was the Khan's decision and no one could shake it. Since it could not be shaken, he had to carry it out resolutely. How could he shake the morale of the army at this time?

……

The Hun army slowly came to the gate of Shanggu Pass again. After yesterday's battle, the city wall was riddled with holes, blood was smeared on the wall, and the smell of blood was pungent. The wall piled up by ferocious beasts was big enough for hundreds of war horses to pass side by side. The wall was no longer of any use.

A horn sounded and drums thundered, and the Qin army marched out of the gap, first with nearly 140,000 cavalry, followed by nearly 40,000 infantry, slowly deploying with flags waving, and looking magnificent.

On a striking large flag, the word "Meng" was embroidered in golden yellow. An old general in golden armor, with a solemn look on his face, holding a spear and riding a chestnut horse, walked from the team to the front of the battle. Behind him, nine generals stood on both sides, looking majestic.

When the drums of war died down, Meng Tian shouted in a stern voice: "Those who offend the Qin will be repaid tenfold!"

(End of this chapter)