Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 450 The Defender of Suiyang

This is war, not child's play. You can't just show up at someone's door for no reason and expect to meet with their commander. They're not going to listen to you.

So Tiedan was quite reasonable. He first transformed into a sword ball, rolled it back and forth a few times at the city gate, and slaughtered the thousands of elite troops, demons, monsters, and vanguard soldiers sent by the Heavenly King Army to launch a surprise attack. He slaughtered them all without saying a word, leaving a trail of heads and a mountain of blood and corpses. Then he piled up their heads one by one at the city gate to form a mound of heads as a pledge of allegiance.

Upon receiving such a grand gesture, the old official with the goatee indeed personally went up to the city gate to pay his respects.

"I am Zhang Xun, the garrison commander of Suiyang. I am unaware of your honor..."

Tie Dan dropped the pretense, sat cross-legged, and raised his hands in a gesture of respect.
"The True Disciple of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, Head of the Nine Luminaries Sword Pavilion, Sect Leader of the Northern Star Sword Sect, Supreme Sword Master, Mysterious Heavenly Ruyi True Lord."

"Why did you choose such a long name..."

Zhang Xun wasn't very familiar with the mountain people, and at this moment, stroking his goatee, he stared warily at the more than a thousand heads sitting beneath the other man, their faces streaked with blood and tears.

"Regardless, I thank you for your help, True Lord, in relieving Suiyang of this military disaster. I wonder what instructions you have for summoning me here?"

Iron egg straight fairway,
"You go."

"...Leave? Uh, you just called me here, and now you want me to leave? Where to?"

"Go wherever you want, take your people with you, and stop defending Suiyang."

Zhang Xun fell silent for a moment, speechless and with nothing to say.

Tie Dan's eyes flashed like lightning as he coldly swept over the angry-looking soldiers.
"I have no interest in your ambitions to become kings and conquer the world. Whether it's the Demon Palace or the rebel army, they are all birds of a feather, working together in the same boat. In the end, it's the common people who die in the fighting."

However, since you've set up these Ten Deadly Formations, I have to intervene. After all, even if I give you a cheat code, you still can't win, and they can't afford to lose. If things escalate to the point of flipping the table, it will ultimately lead to widespread suffering and death.

So don't bother using this cheat anymore. Just surrender now and give up. That way, the fewest people will die.

"Heretical and wicked! Talking nonsense!"

Before Zhang Xun could reply, a valiant general roared, leaped out of the city, and slashed at Tie Dan's head with his sword.

Then, a flash of sword light appeared in mid-air, severing his head mid-air. His head rolled down and was buried under the Jingguan (a mound of stones), while his body fell straight down to the foot of the city tower, splashing into a bloody mess.

Tie Dan's eyebrows didn't twitch, and his voice was as cold as frost on a sword.
"Originally, my skills were a little lacking, probably not enough to get both of you to sit down and calmly listen to what I have to say."

However, I have already gained the upper hand by breaking your trap and taking your elixir. Now that my sword power is complete, there is no need for me to hide my true colors and speak to you politely anymore.

I'm making this clear today: Suiyang Defender, without my millennia of cultivation, your gamble has already failed.

Withdraw your troops and leave. I'll sit here and cover your retreat. You won't need to bother with a single soldier of the Northern Army.

If you refuse, I will enter the city alone, break through your defenses, breach your gates, capture your city, and kill everyone who stands in my way.

Choose for yourself.

Zhang Xun thought for a moment, then cupped his hands and asked.

"Your Excellency says I cannot win this round. If I concede, the fewest people will die. What proof do you have?"

Tie Dan: "No, I dreamt about it."

The crowd was indignant, but Zhang Xun remained calm, stroking his beard and smiling.

"I see. I've heard that people in the mountains can sense the will of Heaven, predict the future, and have some understanding of the general trend of the world."

Therefore, he occasionally takes the initiative to enter the world, leave the mountains to fight and seize some fortune for his own cultivation. Presumably, the Master has come here today and made such a statement because he is well prepared.

Since that's the case, you should understand that I've also made many preparations.

Not only me, but also tens of thousands of righteous men in the city today, who among them was not prepared to die for their country, which is why they left their wives and children to come to the front lines to face the danger.

Though we are but ordinary mortals, having long since disregarded life and death, how could we possibly surrender simply because of a few words from you, sir?

Tie Dan looked at him.
"I've heard of the governor of Suiyang. He's a good official in public and probably a good person in private, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to gather so many people to die with him."

However, this world is ultimately not the world of ordinary people, but the world of the extraordinary.

Who wins and who loses, who triumphs and who fails, is not something that can be changed by human effort, but by fate.

To put it bluntly, you can only win if the three major factions allow you to win.

I heard that Suiyang has kept the covenant with the Divine Sect, but unfortunately I've been trapped in this formation until now, and not a single Blood God Child has come to make a move.

If I'm not mistaken, the cultists already realized the situation was hopeless and abandoned the city to flee.

Zhang Xun remained silent.

Tie Dan cupped his hands and said,
"If you really want to be a hero, then listen to my advice."

Let's go.

Rather than sacrificing oneself in vain now, it's better to preserve one's life and observe how things change...

Zhang Xun interrupted him directly.
"There's no need to say more. Xun was never a hero; he was just someone who ate the emperor's food and was loyal to him."

"The fate of Suiyang rests on the shoulders of the entire nation. Anyone who tries to seize this place from me will have to step over this old man's back!"

Tie Dan was silent for a while, then suddenly said,

"If the garrison commander of Suiyang refuses, then what do you think, Wuqiongsheng? Isn't the goal to achieve something great? If this battle is destined to be lost, and we sacrifice ourselves in vain, what's the point?"

At that moment, Zhang Xun with the goatee and the group of indignant and cursing soldiers all changed their expressions, stared at Tie Dan, and spoke in the voice of a healer, as if echoing the voices of countless dead.

"I told you long ago, you have your own way of survival, why bother getting involved in this deadly place of Suiyang?"

Unfortunately, even if you can break my Eight Gates Golden Lock, it won't help.

You're right. How could a mere mortal possess such extraordinary abilities?
Therefore, in order to defy the heavens and activate the Ten Deadly Blood Array, we mortals have long followed our husband! We have cut off our own retreat, stood as stakes, and sacrificed our blood to the array!
If you want to conquer Suiyang, go ahead and attack. No matter how many times you kill us, we will be reincarnated from the underworld to stand in your way!
"As long as the city stands, the people live; if the city falls, the souls fall!" Tie Dan looked at these illusory faces. Although they were illusions, each one was lifelike and unique.
"If that's the case, why did you even try to strike up a conversation with me in the first place? Didn't you hope I could find a way for you city-guarding soldiers to be reincarnated?"

"Hahaha! You underestimate us, real people! I just wanted you to see!"

The soldiers throughout the city burst into laughter, brandishing their swords and spears, their armor gleaming.

"Who's blocking your way! Take this!"

"boom!"

Suddenly, mountains collapsed and the earth split open, cities crumbled and rocks collapsed, the universe was reversed, and heaven and earth spun upside down.

The soldiers of the entire city, united as one, transformed into a giant vortex and rushed towards Tie Dan.

Looking around, the scene was extremely exaggerated, as if the sky had collapsed and the stars had shattered.

Of course, Tie Dan knew in his heart that all these scenes were illusions.

Yes, Wu Qiansheng's ability is considerable. He can pull thousands of troops into the battle and plunge them into chaos, which is quite an amazing skill.

However, his cultivation level was clearly not comparable to that of the six monsters of Emei. The six monsters had only managed to blast a crater in the ground when they joined forces before, let alone create such a dramatic spectacle.

So to put it bluntly, the earth-shattering scene before us is essentially a series of divine light illusions created by using the special formation of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation to disrupt the flow of energy and interfere with sound and light.

However, the illusionary maze itself cannot kill people. If reinforcements are not sent into the maze to stop it, the Eight Gates Golden Lock will not be able to delay for long, and the army trapped in the maze will eventually break through the pass.

Moreover, the formations used against the army have limited effect on confusing a single cultivator, and mere illusions are even less likely to kill the Blood God Child.

Therefore, there must be some hidden trump card in this formation to suppress any unparalleled masters who dare to break into it.

If it were Chen Xuantian here, he would definitely consider what this trump card is, where it is hidden, how to solve it, see it clearly, calculate it thoroughly, and only make a move when he is 70% sure.

But it doesn't matter to Tie Dan.

He always drew his sword when the odds were even, striking whenever he felt like it.

"Northern Star Sword Sect, Lightning Style!"

Where the rainbow light appears, a lightning-fast sword strikes.

Technique, method, momentum, sound, light, and shadow.

No matter how they change or conceal themselves, they are all ineffective in the face of an absolute difference in sword power.

The incomparable sword rainbow cleaved through the sky and split the earth, clearing the universe with a single strike and piercing through heaven and earth!

A sword flew in, shattering the golden lock! It swept away the eight gates!
Amidst the swirling sword mist, Tie Dan glanced around and saw that in the blink of an eye, the sword rainbow had already fallen like a shooting star, breaking through the formation and soaring high into the sky.

Two armies of demons clashed and collided on the ground beneath their feet in the ruins of the Suiyang battlefield.

On one side, demon generals danced wildly, and demonic souls and beasts escaped from the Hellish Demon Ruins.

On one side were crimson skulls, red-skinned vengeful ghosts, and a horde of ghosts trapped in a pool of blood and death.

To break through the enemy's defenses and escape the Ten Deadly Formations, the northern soldiers had unlocked their genetic potential, broken their combat restrictions, and activated a host of cheat codes, transforming themselves into beasts, demons, monsters, and monsters. At this moment, in this place, those roaring and fighting were no longer humans, but a large group of beasts cloaked in human skin.

Needless to say, in order to fight against such an inhuman demon army, the Suiyang soldiers, who had already risked their lives one after another, followed Zhang Xun and sacrificed themselves to the formation, offering their lifeblood and souls to the Divine Sect. Thus, what was thus refined by the Divine Sect's secret methods was no longer human, but an immortal blood puppet divine weapon, forever trapped in the deadly formation to protect the Dharma.

The army of Warcraft clashed and ravaged the battlefields of hell, crushing and smashing countless blood-soaked divine weapons into pieces.

Meanwhile, the divine weapons kept regenerating from the blood pool, tearing the armored monsters into shreds and pieces.

Thus, one black and one red, two armies of gods, ghosts, demons and monsters clashed and fought, turning the world into a battlefield of carnage.

To be honest, compared to the illusions in the Eight Gates Formation just now, this hellish scene of wailing ghosts and howling gods is more like a nightmare.

But Tie Dan also understands that, from beginning to end, this side is the reality.

He was born, raised, and lived in such a cruel world.

Taiji Heaven is no ordinary human home, but a paradise for gods and demons.

Mortals are nothing more than weeds, dust, and maggots in this world; they are merely flowers and plants adorning paradise, and playthings for the demons who roam freely in the lower realms to amuse and fool.

At this moment, the most eye-catching and happiest creature in this paradise is naturally the dragon, which is galloping and reveling in the center of the battlefield.

The giant dragon of the vast sea has a body hundreds of feet long, scales like giant swords, fangs and claws like crescent moons, eyes that wildly radiate blue light, and a huge head with a human face.

Tenglong Tianwang Shijiao is enjoying his vacation.

"Ow-!!"

The dragon rampaged through the army, not even needing its claws and teeth, but simply sweeping and slapping with its tail. Hundreds of blood puppet soldiers were flattened and crushed on the ground, their eyes bulging and blood flowing, their bones and blood rotting. No one could stop its path.

Yes, of course you can't stop them; the cult's techniques rely on the difference in skill level.

Lacking a Blood Transformation Divine Pill, a large group of Blood God Children, and the Six Eccentrics of Emei, they suffered too many losses due to unforeseen circumstances. Not to mention trapping the demon army under the city for ten years, they couldn't even activate the Earth Collapse Formation to fight for a while longer.

Of course, they wouldn't lose, since all these divine soldiers here are dead.

After all the preparations, all the sacrifices, all the trials, and all the sacrifices, disregarding life and death, with only a single-minded determination to stay here, then no matter how many times they die, no matter how many years pass, even if only one remains, they will rise again.

So he stood up. He was a frail old man, barely six feet tall, his teeth shattered and his flesh torn apart. He squinted, his back hunched, and he held an iron spear, wearing a suit of blood-red armor. He charged forward like a goat.

Zhang Xun, the garrison commander of Suiyang, was guarding his territory.

(End of this chapter)