The Primordial Law

Chapter 419 The Whole City is at War
Two hundred veteran soldiers of the Western Sea Slaves formed a five-vertical and forty-horizontal formation.

Pairs of eyes, sharp and full of expectation, stirred the blood that had been dormant for years.

At this moment, everyone thought back to their youth, their first time entering the military camp, full of vigor and high spirits. They recalled the exhilarating battles on the battlefield, the endless demons and monsters they had vanquished.

Now, he shoulders a heavy responsibility once again, embarking on the final battle of his twilight years.

……

The remaining six hundred veteran soldiers of the Western Sea were divided into thirty groups.

Li Weiyi distributed thirty copies of the intelligence information and quickly assigned tasks to each group: "The farthest government office is eighty miles away from here. How long will it take to deliver it?"

If it's not delivered within half a quarter of an hour, take my head.

A centenarian veteran at the seventh level of the Dao Seed Realm stepped forward.

"I can get there in less than a quarter of an hour. In a quarter of an hour, all the soldiers in the government office will be able to assemble and move out. Anyone who dares to miss the battle, I will definitely kill him."

An old soldier of the deformed race, who was at the ninth level of the Dao Seed Realm, was once the scout commander of the Western Sea Slaves. He had repeatedly ventured deep into the Ash Region of the far west for reconnaissance. Due to injuries to his Qi Sea, he had retired more than ten years ago.

His agility and speed were unmatched.

Li Weiyi entrusted the task of delivering the message to the farthest prefectural office to this former scout commander, and then looked at everyone: "Speed ​​is of the essence in war. In today's battle, we must race against the enemy and against time, and strike them hard before they can fully react."

"The enemy are all martial arts masters, and their reaction speed to a crisis is very fast. If the battle in the whole city cannot start within a quarter of an hour, it will be a disgrace to the Western Sea Slaves."

"Whether the enemy or we are on the defensive in this battle depends on you!"

"The clash between the transcendent and the giants requires the support of the city's formation, which is now at risk of being destroyed by the enemy at any moment. Whether we can control the situation in the city as quickly as possible and allow the formation to function as intended depends on you!"

"The enemy might react midway and intercept you. You must adapt to the situation and break into smaller groups. In short, you must complete the mission no matter what."

"Furthermore, after eliminating the traitors, you'll need to fill the gaps in the defensive formation. Can you manage that?"

……

The captains of the thirty veteran teams all seemed to have flames burning in their eyes: "There is no West Sea slave in the world who cannot complete his mission."

"Tell all government offices that this is the decree of the Third Palace Master and the Grand Historian. It is a matter of life and death, and there is no time to lose. Set off!"

Li Weiyi shouted loudly.

Lao Zhuang, one of the team leaders, stared at Li Weiyi.

Li Weiyi nodded to him, and Lao Zhuang began to circulate his magical energy. Despite his limp, he became incredibly agile and, along with the other veteran soldiers of the Western Sea, transformed into human-shaped rivers, swiftly traversing the interconnected streets and alleys.

Li Weiyi looked at Xingyue Nu, who understood immediately.

The two secretly activated the governor's robes they were wearing.

A mile away, the four Blood Handprint Knights of the Dark Knight Legion were puzzled, realizing that these veterans did not seem to be heading to the Western Territory immediately.

"What are they doing? They're actually distributing booklets." A knight with a blood-red handprint, over five meters tall and covered in black wings, noticed something was amiss.

However, that area was shrouded in a field of telekinesis, making it impossible to discern the content of their conversation.

All one could sense was a sudden surge of intense killing intent emanating from these broken, old bones.

Another pure immortal knight with a blood-printed handprint said, "Interesting. They actually mobilized two hundred veterans and formed a battle formation to face us. In the days since we entered the city, there have been constant arrogant Lingxiao martial artists who have come to provoke us. Could it be that they also want to test the sharpness of our spears?"

"Something's not right. They've started moving, heading in different directions. Oh no! Those two hundred veterans have formed a battle formation, their fighting spirit is so strong... All Dark Knights, listen to my command! Form battle formation and prepare to fight!"

Even if the third Blood Handprint Knight didn't trust these veterans enough to dare to charge at them, he immediately ordered his men to engage in battle the moment the enemy's killing intent surged forth.

It is important to understand that the strength of two armies of equal strength is vastly different depending on whether they are in battle formation or not.

The former is a unified whole, while the latter is a disorganized mess.

The disparity was like that of a high-spirited army chasing down a routed force. One hundred thousand routed soldiers were no match for eight hundred Tiger Soldiers.

"Roar! Roar! Roar..."

Two hundred veteran soldiers of the Western Sea Slaves roared like wild beasts.

The moment they raised their swords, all the blades aligned perfectly in a straight line, aligning with the laws of nature. The collective spirit, energy, and fighting will of everyone merged into one, transforming into a giant resembling the "King of the Western Sea," several tens of feet tall.

"Wow!"

Their armor and the swords they wielded were covered in dense array patterns and scriptures.

The array was a three-mile-diameter array plate, densely covering the sky and the earth, turning space into a furnace and enveloping the Dark Knight Legion.

The scriptures then flew to the "King of the West Sea" and transformed into scales on his armor.

Black flags fluttered, a hurricane covered several miles, clashing swords and galloping horses, the sound of war drums, sandstorms and clouds, thousands of troops and horses... all sorts of battle spirit and shadows appeared in this world.

At this moment, even if a giant of the Longevity Realm were to come, he could be killed with a single strike.

The Dark Knight Legion certainly had its own battle formations; they were top-tier elites, and in terms of individual combat strength, they even surpassed the veteran soldiers of the Western Sea Slaves. However, they were too arrogant and never imagined that an army from the Lingxiao Realm would suddenly unleash such powerful killing intent.

It was as if they wanted to wipe them out completely.

The moment the four Blood Handprint Knights sensed the danger, Li Weiyi and Xingyue Nu activated their governor's robes and performed a spatial jump.

"Whoa! Whoa!"

Two purple mists appeared in the ranks of the Dark Knight Legion.

The two emerged from the purple mist, releasing their Daoist intentions and creating two explosive shockwaves that sent several nearby Dark Knights flying.

Then, Li Weiyi and Xingyue Nu, wielding their weapons, launched a frenzied attack.

To the best of our ability, we must create chaos and delay the time it takes for them to form battle lines.

The five-meter-tall black-feathered deformed blood-handprint knight reacted instantly, leaping off the back of the skeletal giant, throwing a spear at Xingyue Nu, and striking Li Weiyi with a palm strike from a distance.

The four Blood Handprint Knights were all at the ninth level of the Dao Seed Realm.

The knight with the blood-red handprint was still twenty feet away, but his mind had completely locked onto Li Weiyi. The handprint he struck was blood-red, like a blazing sun capable of flattening a mountaintop.

"Roar!" The official robes on Li Weiyi's body emitted a dragon's roar.

A giant, misty dragon flew out from his chest and collided with the incoming bloody handprint.

Last night, his Fengfu Dragon Seed broke through from the peak of the fourth level of the Dao Seed Realm to the fifth level. The dragon soul power he could mobilize was much stronger than when he fought Xie Chucai.

"boom!"

The dragon soul was shattered inch by inch by the blood handprint.

The power contained in the bloody handprint was rapidly diminishing, and its light was dimming.

"fight!"

Li Weiyi's body condensed into a golden crow flame armor, combining internal martial arts with external spiritual power. The two forces combined to unleash a palm print, colliding with the incoming blood handprint, causing him to be blasted back.

The shockwave spread outwards, sending three riders flying. Li Weiyi retreated several feet away, remaining calm and composed as he looked at the enraged knight with the blood-stained handprint: "Go!"

"Wow!"

He activated his governor's robe, which transformed into a purple mist, and vanished from the spot as spears pierced through it.

On the other side, Xingyue Nu used the governor's seal to block the spear thrown by the Blood Handprint Knight, took a step back, and teleported away.

The knights with blood-stained handprints landed where Li Weiyi had just stood: "It's him!"

Judging from the opponent's performance just now, he was clearly the same Lingxiao prodigy who defeated Xie Chucai at Liunian Zen Temple, someone he had heard many people describe.

He is a man the Dark Knights Legion must kill.

What shocked the Blood Handprint Knight was how a six-star Spirit Master, with limited martial arts skills, could withstand his palm strike.

He desperately wanted to give chase, but a bright flash of light appeared above his head.

"Wow!"

Two hundred veteran soldiers of the Western Sea Slaves, in perfect unison, unleashed their signature "Horse-Opening Slash."

They had practiced this one strike for a hundred years.

The formation, the person, and the sword have long been integrated into one.

The sword intent and sword energy overlapped, and when they were unleashed from the hands of the "West Sea King," who was tens of feet tall, they transformed into a bright river of swords that stretched for two or three miles.

The buildings on both sides of the alley made loud "bang" sounds.

The defensive formations in Dan Yue Fang were activated.

The Dark Knight Legion's battle formation was only half complete; the array plate was taking shape, but the interior was somewhat chaotic. The silhouette of a disheveled, skeletal giant had just risen from the battle formation.

"Boom!"

Between the two armies, a mile-long street burst open, creating a deep ravine, with rubble flying everywhere.

"West Sea! West Sea!"

The battle formation moved forward rapidly, unleashing a second strike.

"West Sea! West Sea!"

The third cut, the fourth cut...

As the seventh strike landed, the Dark Knight Legion's battle formation shattered completely. In the flash of the blade, twenty or thirty knights screamed in agony. Some were cut in two, others had their limbs flying everywhere, and blood gushed out like waterfalls.

That deformed blood-handprint knight, who possessed the cultivation of the ninth level of the Dao Seed Realm, had his armor shattered by a single slash, and his body turned into bloody mud.

Once the battle formation is broken, it becomes a one-sided massacre.

The battle formation of the veteran Western Sea Slave covered an area of ​​three miles, making it no easy task to escape the battle formation area.

The remaining three Blood Handprint Knights, with unwavering will, shouted, "Do not break our fighting spirit!" They unleashed three artifacts—a war banner, a war drum, and a war hammer—and, with the combined power of all the Dark Knight Legion's martial artists, continued to fight against the veterans' battle formation.

If they flee, they will only die faster.

If they can hold out for a while, the transcendent Holy Dark Family will surely notice the sudden crisis here and come to their rescue.

It's simply incomprehensible how they suddenly started a killing spree.
Have these veterans from Lingxiao gone mad?

Martial arts practitioners, merchants, courtesans, officials, and all those living near Dan Yue Fang were awakened from their sleep and looked toward the two armies battling on the wide, hundred-foot-wide road.

“These dark knights from beyond the realm acted arrogantly and considered themselves superior after entering the city. Finally, someone can deal with them.”

"It still has to be the world's number one iron army, the Western Sea Slaves!"

"Aren't these veterans afraid of retaliation from the Demon Kingdom and the Holy Dark Family, given how ruthless they are? There must be a powerful figure behind them plotting something that will definitely cause a great upheaval. Sigh, they've gone a bit too far. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse."

"What's going on? Both the inner and outer formations are activated!"

"The city's protective formation has also been activated—not just three layers, but all nine. Nine layers of formations activated simultaneously—such a thing has never happened in a thousand years. What major event has occurred?"

"Only when the Holy Spirit King Mind Master is personally present can the Ninefold Array be activated."

……

While Li Weiyi and the eight hundred veterans were on their way, the same thing was happening in the city defense battalion.

Both sides acted together to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Last night, several key figures from the Taishi family, including Taishi Qingshi and Liang Chu, personally and quietly cleared out the most critical locations within the city's defense camp.

"All soldiers, listen to my command! Follow me to the residence of the Junior Minister of the Imperial Secretariat to suppress the evil cult leader Yao Qian!" Liang Chu, a disciple of Sima Qian, donned his armor and led an army on a grand and imposing march.

"Our mission is to take down the nine ley lines in the South City as quickly as possible, garrison them for defense, and stabilize the order in the South City."

Taishi Bai addressed all the retainers of the Taishi family, then rode off on his strange beast at breakneck speed.

(End of this chapter)