The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

The distance from Poyang Lake to Guangling City is a stretch of frigid armor, with spears and halberds pointing to the sky.

Zhang Shunwu led 20,000 troops, arrayed in battle formation, and stood ready for battle.

On the opposite side, the warhorses of the Baiyang Sect stood tall and neighed, creating a chilling atmosphere.

For the past two weeks, Ji Chen has been fighting everywhere, dying wherever he goes. Especially after the battle of Dongting Lake, Ji Chen's side has begun probing and assassination attempts with Bai Yang Sect's scouts.

Three days ago, after the news spread that the three grandmasters had surrounded Ji Chen, they immediately set up their formation here, and a great battle was about to break out.

In other words, ordinary people couldn't get close to Poyang Lake, otherwise the civil war between the rebels would have broken out in Poyang Lake.

Over the past two days, both groups have sent countless small and medium-sized warships to try and pick up Ji Chen and his group, but all of them have come within ten zhang of Ji Chen and his companions.

They might be submerged or overturned by the huge waves generated by the battle, or their hulls might be torn apart by the force of the clash, causing them to leak and sink.

As for large warships, they are all currently stationed on the main stream of the Yangtze River. It is currently the dry season, and the water level of Poyang Lake has dropped, exposing the lakebed, which is no longer able to accommodate such ships.

Ji Chen was covered in blood, his fingers, right shoulder, and left leg were all twisted unnaturally, and white bone fragments pierced through his flesh, revealing a hideous appearance.

His right hand was reduced to a skeleton as white as steel, with no flesh left.

But what's even more terrifying is that Ji Chen's body has become much thinner, and 30% of his total blood volume has been evaporated!

But he continued walking straight, carrying a breathtaking magic, until he was almost back in his own camp, when the opposing general finally realized what was happening.

"Charge! Don't let that great demon Ji go back!"

Zhang Shunwu also snapped out of his daze and shouted:

"Protect the Commander!"

The two sides immediately surrounded Ji Chen and charged into battle.

Just then, Chen Jingliang, the leader of the Baiyang Sect, also emerged from the lake.

The leader of the White Sun Sect held the exposed corpse of the Supreme Elder, who was also his fifth uncle, and stared at Ji Chen with a face full of hatred.

"Ji Qingyun, I want you dead!"

His injuries were equally severe; a piece of his chin was missing, and his arms were covered in what looked like bursting scales, with the flesh splitting open like flowers.

This peculiar injury was caused by the shockwave that tore his arm flesh during his fight with Ji Chen, then repaired it, then tore it again, and so on in a cycle.

Chen Jingliang fared even worse; Ji Chen tore off one of his arms, turning him into a one-armed swordsman.

Regret, pain, and loss surged in his eyes, but ultimately all of it transformed into a tangible killing intent that locked onto Ji Chen.

At this point, it's too late to regret provoking this arrogant young man.

Given the madness of this "Ji Qingyun," if we let him go today, he'll probably launch a surprise attack on our stronghold and fight to the death.

However, when a grandmaster enters a battle formation composed of tens of thousands of troops, the threat level of the grandmaster will rapidly decrease if the enemy has other experts of the same level to restrain them.

Their ideas were destined to fail.

As the two charged into Ji Chen's army formation, their mental fortitude was immediately weakened layer by layer.

As a result, the two of them consumed a lot of energy to unleash their killing moves driven by their mental imagery. Several fierce attacks were forced back by Ji Chen's powerful physique, which was enough to make him invincible!

The two, severely mentally exhausted, had no choice but to retreat.

Grandmasters are the foundation of all forces. If they die here, the vast foundation behind them will likely crumble in an instant.

Ultimately, after leaving behind more than two thousand corpses, Ji Chen still managed to return to his military camp behind Guangling City with the help of his soldiers.

"Grandmaster..."

Ji Chen drank ten bowls of deer blood before he felt a little better.

He admitted that he had underestimated the master.

He never expected that after he was first injured, the White Sun Sect Leader would have the ability to evaporate blood.

If a body stronger than steel cannot be broken from the outside, then hollow it out from the inside.

Even with his control over his body, the White Sun Sect Leader could still bleed him little by little.

If one of the old men hadn't given up, he might have really died at Poyang Lake.

"clang!"

Ji Chen tapped his right index and ring fingers together, producing a clear, metallic clang, like steel striking steel.

"Heroes are as numerous as carp crossing a river, but those who can cultivate themselves into grandmasters are truly exceptional individuals! They should not be underestimated."

Thinking about this...

Ji Chen temporarily abandoned his idea of ​​going out and having a wild time.

In the past half month, he has collected more than ten cultivation techniques, all of which are excellent techniques that can directly lead to the three transformations of Qi and Blood.

One or two of them also involve some exploration of the Grandmaster realm.

This exploration was very helpful for him, who also wanted to create a grandmaster's martial arts technique.

Such a gain is enough for him to calmly contemplate and digest for some time.

. . . . . .

Ji Chen curled up, but the impact he had was far-reaching.

With the death of a grandmaster, the Liu family of the Baiyang Sect suffered a major blow, and the Wenxiang Sect and Wuwei Sect successively declared independence, causing a sudden change in the situation in Yongzhou.

The infighting among the rebel factions gave Qing Ting a chance to catch his breath. He seized this opportunity to draft an imperial edict declaring that all gentry and officials in the land could freely organize local militias to protect the central government.

However, their good fortune was short-lived. A few days later, the Wuwei Sect announced its allegiance to the Tianli Sect. Subsequently, the leader of the Tianli Sect made a move, killing two Qingting Grandmasters in one night. Yongzhou and Liangzhou officially broke away from Qingting's control.

Meanwhile, in Qingzhou, the stronghold of the Heavenly Principle Sect, a popular uprising broke out. The Underworld Lord stormed the Governor's Mansion and delivered the head of the underworld official to the prefecture.

With the rear headquarters on fire, Grandmaster Qingting lost all interest in watching the rebellion in the south and had no choice but to retreat to the capital region to protect the palace.

Then, in the south, Ji Chen and the four forces of Baiyang Sect, Tiandihui, and Wenxiang Sect almost fought to the death.

In particular, the three forces other than Ji Chen used all sorts of means to control Hongdu and Yingtianfu, the two most important cities in the south.

Anyone who could stand as tall as a horse's leg was conscripted into the army, reorganized into a ragtag force, and the number of troops from all sides surged to over 200,000.

December 9th.

The cold wind swept across the north, where civil unrest was raging, and over the Qinling Mountains, bringing a heavy snowfall to the Jiangnan region that was a rare sight in decades.

Ji Chen raised his right hand, his newly grown skin still tender, and casually caught a falling snowflake, whispering softly:

"What a heavy snowfall... I wonder how much desolation it has buried in the world."

Zhang Shunwu stood respectfully to one side.

Only after Ji Chen grew tired of the snow scene did he speak:

"The White Sun Sect has already breached Hongdu City, and Yingtian Prefecture is surrounded by the Fragrance Sect and the Heaven and Earth Society. Should we...?"

Ji Chen interrupted him, her tone somewhat complicated:

"Shunwu, you first served my uncle, then me. You've been through many battles without ever uttering a single complaint. I've seen it all."

Ji Chen looked at him and said, "Go to the South China Sea. I appoint you as the Military Governor of the South China Sea. Take your troops with you!"